Hello readers and welcome to the next chapter of my story. Now as I promised I am going to try my hardest to make this story decently longer than what my normal chapter length is. Though I do have to admit if it feels like I am 'milking' parts of the chapter just to make it longer then I would rather just end it…Still more than likely it will not come to this seeing as I have plenty of story left to go through. Anyways just to say it; thank you for reading my story for so long. It truly makes me happy to see people seeming to enjoy my work.

Chapter 59

"Ugh this is so boring!" Naruto complained falling back on his hospital bed. For while it has been a full day since he got admitted Tsunade still refused to let him leave the hospital until she officially released him. Not to mention to make it worse Haku was making it even worse by not letting him escape; The girl seemed to almost have a radar of some sort for as soon as he tried to leave the hospital, she managed to get in front of him and forced him back into his room. And now he couldn't even try and tease her into letting him have his way due to her refusing to let him treat her any different than any other nurse in fear of what Tsunade told her. Still, he was thrown from his thoughts when he heard a gentle nock on the door. "Come in." Naruto told the person who turned out to be Ayame trying to balance a large bowl in one arm while trying to open the door with another. "Ayame-chan." Naruto called out happily to the girl.

"Hey Naruto-kun how are you feeling?" Ayame asked concerned.

"Heh, I feel fine now just waiting on Baa-chan to let me out of this damn place." Naruto told her flexing his arms only to flinch as he felt pain from his still healing arm. "Heh, okay so maybe I do need to heal a bit more." Naruto told her a bit embarrassed.

*sigh* "I am sure Lady Tsunade knows best. Just lay down and let that arm heal." She told him placing the bowl on a table near him. "…course I heard from Haku that you aren't exactly making it easy on her." Ayame says with a glare making Naruto flinch back a bit.

"Hehehe about that." Naruto laughed nervously. "Damn it I love these girls but man they can be scary at times. And she isn't even a ninja for fuck sake!" Naruto thought laying down on his bed simply to avoid her. Thankfully Naruto was spared her glare when she simply shook her head and Naruto's childishness.

"What are we going to do with you Naruto." She told him with a small smirk only to hear Naruto's stomach growl. "Heh how about this Naruto-kun if you stay in your bed and be a good boy, I will make sure that you get a bowl or two of ramen brought to you." Ayame told him laughing at the fact that Naruto quickly gained a sparkle in his eye as he quickly nodded his head. "Well ok then. Dig in." she told him opening the bowl's cover showing it to be ramen.

"Thank you Ayame-chan." Naruto said happily and began to dig in. Mean while Ayame just was watching with a small smile on her face.

"At least I can help you with this." She mumbled just loud enough for Naruto to barely hear her.

"What do you mean?" He asked her slowing down his feasting.

"I mean while you and your team were out risking your life all I could was stay in the shop hoping for your safe return." Ayame admitted squeezing her fists a little in anger.

"Ayame-chan…yes we risk our lives but we are ninja. It is what we do." Naruto told her gently.

"But why? Why do you have to risk your life just for a paycheck…each time you leave I am terrified it will be the last time I see you." She told him beginning to cry. Meanwhile Naruto just looked at her for just a moment before putting the bowl down to give her his full attention.

"Ayame…yes I won't lie the life of a ninja is dangerous but we take every precaution to make it as safe as possible." Naruto told her honestly.

"But look at you now! You are stuck in the hospital due to mangling your arm." She raised her voice at him.

"Yes, but to be honest this damage was truly due to my own attack." Naruto told her honestly. "Though in all honestly even if something did happen it is just part of the job." Naruto told her not making the girl feel any better. A fact that he quickly noticed and tried to think of a way to fix this. "B-but if it makes you feel better, I will make sure that I try to be safer out on missions. A-and even learn some medical jutsu. Ok?" Naruto told her.

"B-but you still may not make it back." She mumbled. Making Naruto sigh and sit up. He then quickly wrapped his good arm around the girl.
"Ayame-chan…I honestly don't know what to tell you to make you feel better." Naruto quietly told her due to basically speaking right into her ear. "Being a ninja is the career I picked for myself and to be quite honest. One I enjoy. Now I know that simply due to you being a civilian you don't know but to us ninja Konoha is our home. A home that we would gladly give our life to protect….especially for me seeing as I know that if I fail then you could end up being the one I lose." Naruto explained to her.

"B-but I wouldn't have you." Ayame told him.

"…that may be true but you would know that I gave my life to protect you and doing the job I love." Naruto told her honestly. "In all honestly I don't know what to tell you to make you feel better. Just know that I will do everything in my power to make it so that your fears don't become a reality." Naruto ended knowing that it wasn't the best thing to tell her but he was trying his hardest to help her. After all he never been a civilian to know what she was truly feeling. "..fine" Ayame mumbled not truly feeling better but knew that Naruto was trying his best. She simply put on a small smile. "Just make sure you take care of yourself." She told him simply.

"I promise I'll be careful." Naruto told her honestly not wanting to put her through worrying about him again. Ayame then seemed to gain a bit more of a 'real' smile while grabbing the now empty bowl.

"Good. Now I need to head back to the stand before Pa gets too overworked." Ayame told him walking to the door only to stop just as she reached it. "Oh, and Naruto remember our deal. Be good for the workers here and I will make sure you get some ramen each day" She told him making him get a large smile. "…but if I hear that you keep trying to escape instead of healing then I will make sure you don't see even a single noodle for at least a month." Ayame added with a dark look on her face.

"R-right." Naruto told her trying to stop himself from shaking in fear.

"Have a good day." Ayame told him quickly changing back to a small smile that stayed on her face until she shut the door. After shutting it her smile quickly left her face and was replaced with a small frown.

"Naruto-kun I know you really were trying you hardest to make me feel better but I just can't help but worry about you…and the other girls now that I have become good friends with them." Ayame thought as she walked down the hall. As she was walking, she really couldn't help but still think about the dangers of a ninjas life but was pulled from her thoughts when a few of the hospital staff rushed by pushing a man on a stretcher through nearby doors. Doors which ended up leading to what was an emergency room whose light quickly was turned on. She then saw a woman who looked to be in her thirties sit down on a bench opening up a small book.

"What is going on? I mean to want to sit on those benches she must be a loved one of that man but instead of worrying she is just reading a book. Is she just not worried or is just pretending to not be worried?" Ayame thought confused.

"Can I help you dear?" the woman asked Ayame who blushed a bit out of embarrassment of being caught staring.

"Umm. Sorry for starring. I was just confused that you are…um" Ayame admitted but was unable to think of a way to politely ask her real thoughts.

"Worried?" the woman asked getting a small nod from Ayame. She then closed her book and turned her complete focus to the conversation. "Dear, I am don't get me wrong but after the years of worrying about my husband I just have learned ways to make it a bit more bearable." The woman told her honestly.

"How?" Ayame asked sitting down with the woman hoping to get some help with her own problem.

"I take it that you have a loved one currently in here.." the woman told Ayame but clearly was waiting to hear her name.

"Ayame and yes but thankfully he just needs time to heal now." Ayame told her honestly. "But I am sorry that your husband is injured Mrs..."

"Tsumi" the women told her with a small smile. "and like I said I am sadly well aware of what I was getting into when I fell in love with him." She admitted showing Ayame that even though she said she was used to it she still showed at least some worry about the current procedure.

"..it truly is hard to let loved ones live the lives they want." Ayame muttered having a feeling that the man had the same thought process that Naruto did.

"Yes it is, and I am sad to say that it never truly gets easier for us to simply hope for their safety. The best you can do is simply try to understand their thought process while they try and understand ours." Tsumi explained confusing Ayame. "You see I imagine that you have already had at least one conversation with your loved one already." She assumed getting a nod from Ayame as confirmation. "Well, if it was anything like how Hataru tried to explain it really didn't help your fears too much…well now just try and imagine trying to understand what it truly feels to be a ninja." She tells Ayame.

"Wait so you mean just try to imagine myself fighting and taking missions?" Ayame asked getting a small chuckle.

"No Ayame-san. What I mean is have you ever thought about why they seem to love the career? Not for the random guys thoughts of 'saving a princess' or being 'so strong you get in the history books'; but instead imagine the true feelings. The honor they get from being the protectors of the entire village, the pride they place in living up to what wearing that headband means, and most importantly the idea of that if they just gave up and didn't fight to protect then who would?" Tsumi told her.

"What it means to be a ninja…she is right! I never really thought about it other than the basics and that they often get hurt and killed." Ayame thought realizing she never thought about it that way. "You are right I never really took that into consideration." Ayame admitted.

Tsumi just kept a small smile at her admitting this. "Well hopefully you will be able to be a bit more understanding when you have to eventually meet your loved ones here. I am not telling you to just stop worrying but it gets a bit easier when you understand their side as well. And in all honestly I truly hope that you don't have to come in here that often." Tsumi told her.

"…thank you. You truly have given me a lot to think about…and I think I will have to talk to him again after I get my thoughts together." Ayame told her honestly feeling a bit better now that her thoughts had another focal point. "And I hope that you don't have to wait too long for him to get better." Ayame told her with a small real smile.

"You are welcome dear. Now you probably should head out if you are done visiting…don't worry I will be fine. Hataru is too stubborn to let mere injuries keep him from coming home to his favorite dinner." She joked with Ayame giving the younger girl a smile that didn't reach her eyes. Still upon saying this she went back to her book simply waiting for her husband to come out of surgery. So, Ayame simply accepted the 'order' and left to help out her father.

_Naruto_

After Ayame left Naruto couldn't help but be annoyed with himself at how he handled her concerns.

"Gah, why did I just let her leave when I knew that I truly didn't help her? What kind of a dick am I that just let her leave while worrying about something that isn't her fault? I have to go try again." Naruto thought determined to try again and began pulling himself out of the bed only to freeze for a moment when he thought about the rest of their conversation. "B-but she did say that she would take away ramen from me if I tried to escape again…and I doubt she would be all that happy to find out that I did just that to see her….oh I would get THAT face again." Naruto thought with a shiver going down his back. He now was truly stuck between two different ideas with no real idea which to pick.

"Hello Naruto…and what do you think you were going to do?" Sakura said to him as she opened the door yet again only to see the blond look like he was going for an escape…again.

"N-nothing Sakura-chan." Naruto told Sakura terrified of dealing with her rage.

"It better be nothing." Sakura mutters before waling over to him. "Now lay back down it is time for another scan." Sakura orders him. Then quickly activated the jutsu and slowly moved her glowing hand over Naruto's arm as the blond sat patiently. She then smiled at the blond. "Good news Naruto your healing rate makes it so that you should be able to leave either tomorrow or the day after." Sakura told him getting a cheer from the blond.

"That doesn't mean you can be loud! This is still a hospital baka." Sakura growls out at him before sighing. "Listen Naruto I know you don't like the hospital but we truly are trying to do what's best for you…even if you have a cheaty amount of healing." Sakura told him muttering the last part.

"I know you are now but it doesn't make me like them anymore." Naruto mutters

~Meanwhile ; Nadeshiko village~

"For the last time she already has a husband!" Tokiwa growled out at a man that clearly looked to be trying his hardest to be cool. They currently were standing in the main building of the village with Tokiwa preventing the man from going any further.

(AN: note in this story I am just going to have Shizuka's parents be alive even though there is no mention of them. As to why they let her be 'married off' they are stuck in tradition where the village would riot if changed (note that certain examples of crazy people going after this may change it in the future….plus they are busy with work so Shizuka's training mainly falls on the strict, to the code Tokiwa)

"Che I don't see a ring on her finger yet. Just let me talk to the leaders and I will explain why I am such a better choice than whatever muscle-bound fool you found for her." Kokuyo told her not bothered by the fact that she clearly was restraining herself from wanting to kill the man.

"Due to complications between villages, we are working on a plan that will be best for both of our villages. So, the marriage won't be for a while longer."

"Which again is why you should let me have a chance. I mean when I…I mean we become the leader of the village I..we will make sure it prospers in the correct way." He adds in with a smirk. "So, just let me face Sheezika" Kokuyo tells her making her glare even more at the man.

"Her name is Shi-zu-ka" Tokiwa told him.

"Yea, yea." He told her waving off his mistake clearly not caring.

"Why you-"

"Tokiwa what is going on?" Shizuka asks as she walks into the building to see the argument.

"Ah, perfect just the girl I wanted to see." Kokuyo said with a smirk turning his attention to her. "I have come to the village to challenge you for your hand in marriage." He told her not even trying to stop his eyes from wandering around her body.

"I already have a betrothed." She told him already disliking the man.
"Heh, but I don't see a ring on that finger. You should still be fair game." He told her with a smile. "Come on let's just have a match." He tells her and Shizuka quickly looks the man over and sees that he clearly wasn't too much of a fighter simply due to the way he dressed and muscle definition.

"…fine" Shizuka tells him making him smile a bit more.

"Shizuka-sama!" Tokiwa began only to be stopped by the girl.
"If you are already this worked up, I imagine this creep has been pushing for a while. It would be easier just for me to beat this idiot and send him packing rather than explain our ways." Shizuka explained walking outside with Kokuyo following behind her…though she had to resist the urge to turn around and hit him right then as she felt his lecherous eyes rest solely on her butt. "Disgusting creep." She thought annoyed.

Still, she managed to control herself and walked just outside of the building and stood a few feet away from the man. A battle area that she normally would disapprove of but was confident in the fact that the fight truly was going to be lack luster.

"…are both fighters ready?" Tokiwa asked clearly not happy with the fight. She then waited till they got a nod from both of them. "then begin!" she tells them and watched as Shizuka got into a defensive stance while Kokuyo just stood there with a smirk on his face.

"What are you giving up already?" Shizuka asked the man.

He then just chuckled and let a smoke bomb drop from his hand blocking him from view for a few seconds. In that time, he somehow brought out what looked to be a large puppet that was nearly two times the size of him with a large number 1. "Ready to watch the might of my puppet destroy you." He told her. Still Shizuka was unfazed by the large puppet and charged at it with chakra coating her limbs and quickly slammed her fist directly into the center of the painted-on number.

As soon as she did this the puppet quickly broke apart around her fist much to even her shock. "Well that was a bit underwhelming." Shizuka thought with a sweat drop. Still she refocused back on Kokuyo who just stood there looking at his now destroyed puppet.

"Damn you! I will get you for this." Kokuyo called out and quickly retreated from the village; much to the shock most people that watched the 'fight'.

"The bastard accepted the terms of the fight but didn't even have the honor to finish it through to the very end." Tokiwa growled out annoyed and was getting ready to hunt down the fool only to be stopped by Shizuka.

"…don't bother. As much as I want to get rid of that disgusting man it is not worth our effort. After all I could hardly call that a fight." Shizuka told her making Tokiwa stop as well…she wasn't happy by any means but understood where the girl was coming from.

Sadly, that wasn't the last they saw of Kokuyo because a week after the first 'fight' he came back yet again and confronted Shizuka again.

"…why are you back." She asked annoyed.

"I am here to challenge you again Shizuka and this time I will be the winner." He told her only for her to glare at him.

"You already loss that is it. There isn't do overs…you are just lucky that I don't kill you right now." She growls out at him clearly wanting him just to leave her alone.

"Grr, that is how your village works! If you aren't married you are fair game to be challenged." He told her annoyed.

"…no you are just a fool that is lucky that I don't kill you. Don't even pretend like you know anything about my villages traditions besides the very basic and perverse." Shizuka growled out hating the man even more.

"Grr. Damn you that's not how it works. I challenge you!" he told her clearly showing that he wasn't going to take no for an answer.

*sigh* "Fine….but this time if you lose I will kill you." She warned him. "If only just to get rid of you bothering me and possibly any other girl in my village." "Now come on let's go fine someone to officiate." She told him walking into the village to find someone.

Soon afterward they found themselves in a training ground facing each other yet again with a random ninja being the judge. And yet again he was quick to bring out yet another large puppet to face her with thought this time it had a two on its front. Now much to her surprise yet again with the first enhanced punch she tore through it almost as easily as before.

"Wow…that was underwhelming yet again." Shizuka muttered annoyed that he wasn't even a slight challenge for her. Still this time she was determined to get rid of her problem once in for all and quickly changed her target to him. Sadly for her though he was able to quickly dodge her blow but clearly was a lot less confident now that his 'perfect' machine was destroyed.

"Grr. Damn you woman." Kokuyo growled out quickly reaching into his bag and pulled out several kunai that he sloppily through at the girl. Course each one of them had an explosive seal that she quickly had to jump back from to avoid the blast radius. While she did this he quickly threw down several more smoke bombs covering the field in smoke. Though she did notice a blur coming out the other side as she was in the air.

"No, you are not escaping your fate again." Shizuka told him and quickly jumped into the smoke cloud ready to chase after him. Sadly she couldn't get far before she noticed several small fires hidden in the smoke. "Shit" She muttered and dived to the side out of the cloud just as it all blew up. After she finally got her bearing after she dodged Kokuyo was long gone yet again.

"Damn him!" She yelled out in rage punching a nearby tree.

"…do you want us to send out a squad to find him?" the random ninja asked her surprised that the man was that much of a wuss.

"Grr..no that piece of garbage probably is already hiding away like the coward he is. I am just gong to make sure that he never steps foot in our village again!" She told the women before walking back into the village wanting to speak with her parents about black listing the man.

Weeks past and even though she did manage to get him black listed from visiting their village and basically placed on an attack on sight list near the village. Sadly even with all of this set up he still was somehow able to find her several times. And each time he did so instead of asking he just attacked her with some sort of puppet and then escaped by the skin of his teeth before she could kill him. At this point Shizuka was getting so angry at dealing with him that she was determined to kill this man each time he showed up, only to get more upset when she failed each time.

Eventually their village was getting so annoyed with trying to catch Kokuyo that the very mention of anything related to the man would anger any of the ninja. A fact that made Shizuka's parents finally putting aside their own duties to try and deal with the problem. Which lead to her current situation which was standing in front of her mother's desk.

"Shizuka-chan I think you are well aware of why I have to speak with you." Her mother told her noting her daughter clearly still angry.

"Yes mother." Shizuka admitted angry but yet embarrassed that her mother had to get involved with her problem. "I know that scum has been causing issues but I promise that I will deal with him as soon as I can catch the bastard…he is more slippery than the snake." She growled out.

"I am well aware of how slippery that man is due to somehow almost always managing to find you if you get even close to the village gate. But due to this your training has suffered and on a larger scale the entire village is now constantly stuck in high alert…due to this I think it is time we deal with the problem in the only realistic way we have left." Shizuka's mother told her frowning. "I am sorry Shizuka…I didn't want to force you into to it so soon but tomorrow you will head out to Konoha so that we can set up your wedding." She finished shocking the girl.

"B-but you said I still had a few years." She stuttered out.

"Yes but that bastard is using the loophole that you aren't actually married to bother the village. So, we are simply going to take that option away leaving that man's plan completely destroyed." She told her daughter seeing as she couldn't send out all of her ninja to hunt down one man that other than being a pest was really not a real threat. Course Shizuka really wasn't listening as much lost in her thoughts.

"Getting married to Naruto.." Shizuka thought with a blush on her face. For after being comforted by him and getting a bit more over her first love's death she really began thinking about her relationship with the blond more. Currently though she couldn't help but start thinking about consummating their marriage with her blush getting even worse…still a part of her couldn't help but feel like she was betraying Sagiri.

Her mother watched the emotions running across her daughter's face until frowning when it settled on a depressed look. So, with a heavy sigh she stood up from behind the desk and walked around to wrap her in a hug.

"Oh, Shizuka-chan I know you aren't ready for something as big as marriage but at least it is to someone you like…and I know it isn't your 'true love' but at least it was a man brave enough to fake his identity just to help someone he barely knew." She told her making the girl's eye widen.

"W-what d-do you m-mean?" Shizuka asked shocked only to see her mother have a small smile on her face.

"This Naruto boy may have created a disguise that was good enough to fool most the village but I could see through it…I just didn't comment on it so that you could marry out of love instead of our village's laws." Her mother admitted shocking the girl.

"B-but you have always been someone who went by the book for the villages ancient laws." Shizuka told her mother.

"Yes my dear but not by choice." Her mother admitted. "You see when I was your age I had the same thoughts but never met 'the one' to fall in love with. Still even though I ended up liking the man I ended up with I was more than ready to change the rules for the better until I realized why my mother didn't do it herself…the village didn't want it." Her mother admitted. "You see while I am the leader of the village I still need to listen to the wants of the people. And for the rest of the people in my generation they were all more focused on keeping the village as it was. So, if I did change the rules they would most likely revolt against me. But in all honesty, I know for a fact that with the newer generation you could very well be the one to change it…just after you become one of the last stuck to it." Shizuka's mother admitted shocking Shizuka even more by seeing a side of her mother that she never saw before. She was going to comment on this only to get her mother to place a finger on her lips stopping her.

"I know I just gave you a lot of surprised but I still need to give you my advice…as a mother not as your leader." She told her. "What happened to your first love was nothing short of a tragedy but it wasn't one you called. While it was unfortunate it would have happened even if you didn't make everyone believe he was a strong fighter. Now if he TRULY loved you then he would want you still to be happy in life…even if that means falling in love again. So, don't feel bad that you are falling in love again just go with it and hopefully he will be able to help heal the scars left on your heart." She told Shizuka softly before putting a gentle hand on her shoulder. "Just think about it." Her mother told her before leaving the girl to her own thoughts.

~Meanwhile; Relatively Nearby building~

Kokuyo was currently sitting down at his desk looking through reports until he saw an employee come into the room.

"Sir can I please speak to you." The man asked politely but clearly concerned.

*sigh* "What is it Soma?" Kokuyo asked annoyed but had to listen to his financial advisor.

"Well sir this new plan of going after the ninja village is becoming more foolish by the day. You have not only been having several of our lead builders working solely on your puppets only for them to be destroyed by the girl. Not only that but you have already used forty percent of the companies reserves on chakra conductive metal and wood for said projects. I strongly recommend we simply cut our costs with this endeavor and work on rebuilding the company back to a stable condition." Soma told Kokuyo hoping that he would see reason.

"Ah, Soma I can understand what you are saying; truly I can. But you aren't seeing the big picture here. For after I get my lovely ninja as a wife she will take control of the whole female village. Then after that I simply need to make her obedient and then WE will have control of the village instead. Now it may be costly right now but after we get control we will have a team to 'take care' of any of our competition we will be able to make more money than ever before." Kokuyo tells him with a large smile on his face clearly imagining himself controlling the world.

"But sir-" Soma began only to stop when Kokuyo glared at him.

"Listen I just told you it will be fine in the end. If you can't handle the stress right now then I am afraid that there is no place here for you…but I like ya Soma; I truly do. So, let me tell you a secret." Kokuyo told him getting closer to the man. "If you stay on and simply make sure we get our supplies coming smoothly I will make sure you have a great reward at the end of this." He told him with a perverse grin. "After all when I control the village I would happily make sure that you end up with one of the beauties living there that you can do ANYTHING you want with." He told Soma who looked surprised.

"Late director…my father began working for you for years and then I came and took his place. We literally watched as you built this company up to be great….I hate to say it but your sweet son ended up so power hungry that he simply can't see past his lust." Soma thought sadly. "But I will stay with it and hopefully be able to salvage it after this plan truly comes to its end" Soma added in determined to try and salvage the business his family worked for years on.

"Ok…I will try and figure out the numbers." Soma told Kokuyo who gained a large smile patting him on the back.

"Good to hear. Now go and make sure we have the resources we need for my puppets." Kokuyo told him shoving the man out. Soma then walked down past several areas where loads of extravagant puppets were in various stages of construction. He then glanced over to the other side of the building where a few workers that had some control of their chakra were working on sealing up and numbering scrolls that held the already completed weapons for Kokuyo to use to fight later on.

"Hahaha, Shizuka-chan before you know it you will be mine!" Kokuyo thought happily and began laughing like a crazy.

~Back at village *Lime warning in beginning*~

"N-naruto-kun what are you doing here?" Shizuka asked shocked to see the blond sitting on her couch just as the sun began rise.

"Well Shizuka-chan I got thinking and just had to see you." He told Shizuka walking up to her with a smile on his face. He then got close enough that she could feel his warm breath on her and for some reason she just couldn't move.

"W-what are you doing?" She asked blushing.

"I just couldn't wait anymore." Naruto told her before leaning in and finally pressed his lips on her lips. And much to her shock he began to kiss her passionately while she was frozen in shock. She simply stood there with her eyes widen open in surprise as Naruto explored every inch of her mouth. Eventually though he slowly pulled away letting the stunned girl watch as a strand of saliva connected their mouths for several seconds. "You are my wife Shizuka-chan..let me show you how I can take care of your needs." Naruto told her in a sultry voice.

"W-we c-can't we aren't married yet." Shizuka stuttered out at him but couldn't help but start to feel a bit excited at his boldness; much to her embarrassment.

"Hehe, since when did I ever follow the rules." He told her before picking her up in a princess carry making the girl let out a startled 'eep.' He then quickly brought her back to her room and dropped her on the bed. He then quickly shed off his shirt and pants leaving him in just his boxers.

"W-wait my parents are right next door!" Shizuka told him concerned only to see Naruto smile.

"Well, we better make sure you stay quiet as you get your sample." He tells her with lust in his eyes. He then got onto the bed himself and quickly reached underneath her clothes and began groping her breast with one hand and traced her lower lips with his other hand. An action that made the girl bite her finger to hold back the moaning. He eventually seemed to get annoyed with the clothes and quickly tore off her shirt and pants leaving Shizuka a blushing mess in just her underwear as well. Still, he paid no mind to this and quickly descended on her capturing her lips yet again while pushing her panties to the side and began to explore her inner walls with two fingers.

"For someone that seems so against it you sure seem to be pretty excited." Naruto told her showing his fingers which were coated with her glistening fluids.

"N-naruto-kun" Shizuka muttered blushing hard at being found out.

"Well, I better not leave you waiting huh Shizuka" Naruto told her with a smile before beginning to push down his tented boxers slowly. Though all of a sudden Naruto stopped pulling them down and instead looked directly at her.

"Shizuka!" He called at her loudly.

"Huh?" Shizuka thought confused at the boy's sudden change.

"Shizuka!" Naruto called again and then reached down to shake the girl confusing her even more. Though much to her shock after she blinked Naruto no longer was in the room and instead his face was replaced with her mother's.

*Lime end*

"Finally you are up." Her mother told her noting that her eyes are now open. "Hurry up and get ready you are going to be leaving in a few hours." She told the girl before leaving the confused girl alone in the room.

"Ugh, what? Where is Naruto-kun?" Shizuka thought confused as her groggy mind tried to piece everything together. Still soon enough she was able to piece together that she must have been dreaming and couldn't stop the atomic blush that appeared on her face.

"I-I can't believe that I just had a perverse dream!" Shizuka thought with her blush refusing to recede. For she never had a dream like that before…not even for Sagiri. Still she shook the thoughts of it from her brain as best as she could and tried to focus on prepping for her trip. With the first thing in her plan being a long shower to clean off the wetness she now felt between her legs. Thankfully no one else paid her any mind as she got ready and before she knew it she her journey with Tokiwa began yet again.

~Konoha~

Naruto was finally let out of the hospital with his arm fully healed after three days of forcing the blond to stay still. Something that was solely due to his girlfriends keeping him in line. For whenever he even thought of trying something or sneaking out one of them would always be there to stop him dead in his tracks. Still it was rather humorous to everyone but the blond when the staff actually publicly thanked them for helping with their most troublesome patient. Though all in all Naruto got over it simply happy that he was finally out of the 'prison' he was stuck in.

"Ahh fresh air, how I have missed you." Naruto said happily in front of the hospital doors after taking a deep breath.

"Naruto it wasn't that bad." Haku told him with a sweat drop on the back of her head at the boy's over-reaction. "Honestly he can face opponents that are WAY above his level without fear but when it comes to a hospital he acts like it is a monster in disguise." She couldn't help but think. Still, she didn't mention it to him and instead just followed him as he rushed over to Ichiraku ramen and quickly sat down.

"Hey seven bowls of the good stuff asap please." Naruto called out as soon as he sat down gaining a chuckle.

"Haha I take it you are finally out of the hospital seeing as your girls aren't dragging you back." Teuchi says giving the blond a smile as he starts the order.
"You bet and I have been craving ramen like crazy!" Naruto told him with a wide smile. For even though Ayame brought him a large bowl it really wasn't enough for his addiction.

*sigh* "Yes thankfully Naruto-sama actually listened to us for the most part." Haku agreed seeing as even though she knew Naruto would have been fine in a few days anyways thanks to his own healing she still felt better to know that for sure. "And I would like a miso please." She said politely to the kind man.

"Oy why are you back to calling me sama! I thought you were finally over it." Naruto asked her seeing as she never used it in his entire time at the hospital. Still, she simply smiled at him.

"Of course I didn't use your suffix in the hospital. Like I said while I am at the hospital; I am required to follow their rules…you wouldn't want me to get in trouble with the hospital would you." She told him with a smile to being with before gaining a dark look for the last part. After all thank to Naruto's teasing she was embarrassed in front of the greatest medic of them all.

"I-I already said sorry." Naruto muttered confusing the older man who thankfully held back his questions. Instead he quickly brought out the first few bowls of ramen for the duo seeing as he was well aware that his favorite blond rarely stopped at only his first order. Still after another bowl was put in front of him he came back from his funk while Haku lost her glare and simply enjoyed her own bowl.

"Naru-kun you are out." Ayame called out happily as soon as she came out from the back of the stand and gave Naruto a strong hug over the counter.

"Hehe, ya and part of it was thank to my Tenchi blessing me with ramn to renew my spirit." Naruto told her making her blush a bit.

"While it is flattering that Naruto puts some of the reason he healed up so fast on me I really wish it was with something other than bring him ramen." She thought flattered but still feeling a bit embarrassed. Meanwhile she was still tightly holding onto the blond much to the irritation of the few men that were eating there as well.

"Lucky bastard hogging all of the eye candies attention." One of the guys mumbled. For while in most men's eyes there were several ninja that were better looking than her Ayame still was one of the best looking civilians…at least for the teenagers wandering the village. Sadly for this group though Naruto overheard them and quickly looked over at them and gave them such a cold glare that they instantly paled and rushed out after leaving money to pay.

"Serves them right." Naruto thought before pulling away from Ayame's long hug.

"We should celebrate somehow." She told him with a large smile.

"Um..Ayame it wasn't like it was a life threating injury or anything." He told her not really seeing it as something that he would celebrate for.

"But you still are out of the hospital after having to stay in for a few days. We have to have at least some drinks to celebrate or something." Ayame told him clearly wanting to party.
*couch* "Um, Ayame-chan remember our deal." Tenchi tells her interrupting her excitement.

"Oh come on I am sure we can forget about that for this. I mean my boyfriend just came out of the hospital I want to celebrate with some sake." She told him with a small pout.

*sigh* "I guess we can…b-but only if you guys come here for it." Tenchi told her not wanting to make his girl upset more than he had to. "I really hate that she likes sake so much when she really can't handle ANY…but I guess at least I will be able to watch her this time." He thought before glancing over at Naruto. "But at least I don't think Naruto would be one to take advantage of her..I think. Plus, he should be more than capable of handling most idiots in this village that would dare try and tempt my precious little girl." He thought with a small growl at the idea. Mainly because he had to personally deal with quite a few people that pestered her already. Heaven forbid they learn that she really can't handle her booze. Thankfully though his growl went unnoticed by the girl already happily thinking of which sake she wanted to get.

"…I guess we are going to have a small party." Naruto muttered with a sweatdrop seeing as he somehow got forced into a party he didn't really want; for his own recovery!

Course this just made Haku laugh a bit. "Oh well might as well enjoy it. After all we rarely get a chance to let lose anyways." Haku told him more than happy to have some fun in their normally serious world. Still they simply left Ayame to her thoughts seeing as she was happy enough to be lost in her planning. They instead just finished their meals before heading home.

(Don't care if it sounds like I am just making Naruto have the best girls. This is solely for a bit of comedy and simply because besides a certain episode she always was a kind but yet independent girl. Which to me is always a major plus to see)

~Suna~

Two figures were walking slowly through the hot desert towards the village. One was a figure that was standing proudly clearly yelling at his companion. A companion who for some reason was hunched over so far he looked to be about half the height of his partner. Though the biggest thing to notice was that both of these two figures were completely cloaked in black cloaks with red clouds.

"I am telling you art is an explosion!" the taller man complained to his partner.

"…enough of your stupidity we are reaching our target." The shorter figure ordered.

"Bastard." The taller one muttered but still gained a smile on his face clearly excited for there mission. After this they both continued towards the village without saying another word to each other.

And this is where I am going to end this chapter. Now the last part may not be the best in many people's eyes but I put it there simply because I didn't want to immediately have Naruto come out of the hospital into someone calling that "the kazekage has been kidnapped." Anyways as you can tell from this chapter I am brining some things to come some a bit closer, some sort of right on time. This is mainly because while I am enjoying writing this story and love the fact that so many people are reading it I simply have to get it closer and closer to an end point. After all like I told you readers the one thing I don't ever want to do is drag a story on simply to get my word count up. Anyways just know that I am going to be trying to use some of my plans as soon as I can without making it seem like I am pushing this story too fast either. Either way this is something for me to figure out at a later date. Ja Ne.