Hello readers and welcome to the next chapter of my story. Now I hope all of you enjoyed the last chapter. I know that while it was kind of hard to get it to go the way I wanted it still turned into something that I liked. Anyways I want to let you readers know that I have seen all the follows, favorites, and communities this story has gotten/gotten in and I am happy that so many seem to like this. Also I have gotten a message from someone about trying to get a few chapters into my other stories that I have in the works. And I will try to do so…I just need to figure out times seeing as my life is quite busy with other stuff as well as writing. Either way that was very nice to see as well.

Chapter 68

~Naruto's house~

After Fu got to say was she wanted she had a small smile on her face as she stood close to Shino who had a similar expression.

"Heh, I didn't think I would ever see Shino-kun show his emotions so openly." Hinata thought happily as she watched the new couple enjoy just being by each other. "I am happy that you finally found someone Shino…and I promise I'm not just teasing you again." Hinata tells him.

"..thank you Hinata-san." Shino tells her. While keeping an eye on Naruto who gained a mischievous look causing him some concern.

"Please let this work out to be funny." Naruto thought before pulling out a scroll and quickly unsealed an item from it. When the smoke cleared Shino saw a familiar orange book that caused him to give Naruto a warning glare that the blond ignored. "Congrats on getting a girl Shino-kun. Now let me give you a book that my sensei gave me to help make sure relationships stay health and grow stronger." Naruto told him holding out the book.

"Huh, what is Ichia Ichia?" Fu asked curiously.

"Heh, it is what my sensei called the greatest resources out there." Naruto tells her fully intending to let the girl have it. Though just as she was walking over to grab it Shino ran so fast, he was a blur to get in front of her and quickly grabbed it himself.

"T-this is nothing that you need to ever read…for your sake." Shino told her while sticking the book into his weapon pouch making Fu pout.

"But I want to see what is so good about it." Fu told Shino giving him a puppy dog stare. Meanwhile Naruto put an arm around Shino's shoulder with a smile on his face.

"Ya, come on Shino won't you be a good guy and let her have what she wants. I mean look at her. She is just about to cry." Naruto told him pointing at the pout with his other hand. Meanwhile Shino couldn't help but mentally curse the blond for this happening. He then came up with a plan and mentally called on his hive. "Ouch!" Naruto yelped jumping away from Shino holding his arm in pain.

"Oh, I am sorry Naruto-san you must have aggravated some of my hive." Shino told him.

"…why you sneaky bastard." Naruto mutters knowing that this was the bug users revenge but let him have it seeing as the damage has been done.

"Coome on Shino-kun why can't I see that book." Fu asks trying to reach into his weapon pouch while he moved it out of reach.

"…I will tell you later." Shino tells her hoping that he could push her curiosity away until he could think of something else. Course Fu just puffed her cheeks out clearly not too happy with his answer.

"Fine" She muttered giving up for now.

*cough* The entire group heard bringing their attention to Haku who stood in the hallway behind them all.

"As amusing as this all has been I must take Naruto-kun." Haku tells them walking over to him while wrapping her arms around one of his. "After all he promised me we would go on a date to catch up after his long mission and I don't want to wait till dinner." Haku told them. She knew she was being needy by doing this but after him being away she wanted some Naru time.

"Heh, I know my Yukihime I have been a bad boyfriend to you girls lately. But I promise I will make it up to you." Naruto told her kissing her forehead. Haku quickly gained a faint pink tint to her cheeks still not use to public affection. Naruto then turned to the rest of the group.

"Well I am sorry to leave you guys but as you can see my precious snow princess needs some attention." Naruto told them making the girl blush a bit more. "Shino-kun feel free to visit with Hinata as long as you guys want. But I need to take care of a problem I have been neglecting." Naruto told them.

"Ok have fun." Fu told them with a large smile and a wave.

*sigh* "Haku-chan I wanted to ask him…I guess have fun then." Hinata told them but muttered the first part to herself. "But make sure your first princess gets her special time as well." Hinata told him walking up to him. She then leaned onto him letting him feel her chest. "I am sure I can make it worth your while." She told him making Naruto's face go red.

"H-huh, who knew Hinata had such a…dirty side to her." Shino thought a bit stunned at his normally shy teammate. Still he shrugged it off knowing very well that both he and Kiba had much weirder things going on in their lives.
"U-understood." Naruto stutters out before pulling Haku along with him. "Now see you guys later." Naruto told them before walking out of the door.

"Hehe, who knew it was so easy to make the student of the world's greatest pervert so flustered…even after we have spent so many nights together." Haku tells Naruto with a smile.

"S-shut up. Just because I have seen you girls before does not mean I am a pervert like Ero-sennin." Naruto told her trying to fight down his blush.

"Oh?" Haku muttered. "If you aren't perverted then why were your eyes focused on certain things last night?" she asked making Naruto's face go bright red.

"W-well I-I…" Naruto began stuttering out before glaring at her. "Do you want to go out somewhere or just pick on me all day?"

Haku couldn't help but laugh at her boyfriend. "Oh, poor Naru-kun can't take a bit of teasing?" She asked him pinching his cheek gently. "Oh, you are so adorable at times…anyways let's go have some fun." Haku tells him finally done with her fun. She then dragged him with her as they went through a Konoha at a reasonable speed. After a while they finally reached a rather large dinner and sat down to wait for a waiter.

"So, why are we here Haku-chan?" Naruto asked.

"Well at work I have been becoming friends with several of the other members and they were nice enough to treat me to a meal here." Haku explained with an image of Dango in her head.

"Oh, well it is good to hear that you are getting to know other people at the hospital. You truly are well on your way to fulfilling your life goal." Naruto told her truly happy. For she has changed a great deal from when he first met her. Afterall she went from a 'tool' that was being used by a missing ninja to his 'slave'. Before she finally came out of her shell and tried her best to learn to be a good medical ninja. And from what he can see she has done just that or at least is well on her way to doing so.

"Yes and it is all thanks to you." Haku told him with a smile. "I never expected that I would get anywhere close to my dreams until you came into my life." She told him honestly. Though at this point they had to pause their conversation due to a waiter walking up to them.

"Hello and welcome to the Dango Shop. May I take your order?" the waiter asks them kindly.

(AN: Note that I actually looked up what the name of Anko's dango store and it literally just says it is the Dango Shop…and you know if they can get away with uncreative name then I guess I can as well)

"Umm I will get some green tea and some beef dumplings." Naruto told them after looking at the menu for a few moments.

"And I'll have some jasmine tea with a large serving of your sweet dango." Haku tells the waiter who quickly writes it down before walking away.

"So, you have gained quite the sweet tooth huh?" Naruto asks the girl who blushed a bit.

"Blame Amari-san. She bought me some and showed me just how wonderful it is every now and then." Haku tells him before quickly looking around the shop. "Though she also made it clear that you have to be careful when ordering them as well." Haku tells Naruto.
"Huh, why would you ever have to be careful ordering dango?" Naruto asked.

"…let's just say Amari's friend is well known to pop in every now and then and cause some chaos and just leave it at that." Haku tells him.

"…Ok then." Naruto mutters with a shrug. "Anyways besides making friends how is the work going?" Naruto asks making Haku smile.

"It is great. Most of the other staff are nice to be around and work with and I am learning quite a lot. In fact I bet I will be able to go out on missions as a medical ninja soon enough."

"Perfect. I am so happy that you have reached your dream…now we are gonna have to figure out what your next goal will be." Course this just made Haku blush again.

"A-actually I already thought of a pretty good dream." Haku told Naruto shyly.

"Perfect. What is it this time?"

"T-to…" Haku mutters.

"What was that?" Naruto asked leaning his ear closer to her.

"T-to save my…" Haku mutters again before getting quieter again.

"What?"

"I said I want to rebuild my clan." Haku finally tells him with her blush staying firmly on her face though Naruto quickly began blushing as well. After all he was well aware of how he was to be helping her do this.

"W-w-well that certainly is something that will be great to see." Naruto tells her before blinking. "I-I-I mean not that I am wanting to do that now but it is never good to see a clan die out." Naruto told her waving his hands.
"Heh, its ok Naruto-kun." She told him with a smirk knowing what he meant. "If your beastly urges really is that strong it is your servants job to help you subdue it." Haku added. For just because she understood doesn't mean she wasn't gonna tease him.

"B-beastly urgers…" Naruto mutters with a blush but before the conversation could continue their order was finally placed in front of them. So, instead of continuing the talk Naruto quickly began eating trying to cool his head off a bit.

"Anyways Naruto-kun hopefully you can stay in the village for a bit now that your emergency mission is over." Haku tells them.

"Ya. I do want to spend some time here now after all that stress. I think I need some time just to relax…and train a bit." Naruto tells her honestly.

"Sounds good. Just make sure you spend some time with your girlfriends." Haku tells him making him rub his head a bit.

"Yea, I planned on it…but it's kind of rude to mention other girls to the girl you are on a date with another girl." Naruto told her making Haku smile.

"Aww, isn't Naruto-sama such a caring boyfriend." Haku told him truly happy.

*sniff* "Hey Ice-chan is that dango I smell?" a voice calls out through the restaurant making Naruto and Haku look to the door.

"Anko?" Naruto muttered surprised before looking over to Haku. "I didn't know that you knew her." Naruto told Haku.

"Yes I do know her seeing as she occasionally comes to the hospital to pick up stuff or mess with her friends." She explains. Course at this point Anko was now at their table and happily sat by Haku. She then through her arm around Haku pulling the girl close to her.

"Hey Ice-chan think you can spare some dango for a starving friend?" Anko asks with a smirk.

"Anko-san you are more than capable of getting your own order." Haku tells her only for to find that Anko already had grabbed one of the sticks of dango.

"Oh, come on don't be so stingy. I mean we are friends, aren't we?" Anko asks.

"Yes, but that doesn't mean I am going to be funding your addiction…I learned from Amari that doing so ends badly." Haku tells her.

"Aww, you're no fun." Anko tells her with a small frown before looking at Naruto. "Oh, I see you were having a date with whiskers-kun huh?" Anko asks simply getting a nod from them both. "Well I guess I will leave you kiddies alone to your date…but remember whiskers-kun. If I find out someone is messing with one of my girls, I take care of them." Anko tells Naruto with a dark look before returning to her normal happy self. She then walked away from the them after stealing another stick of dango.

"…well I guess it is good to see that you have some friends to watch out for you." Naruto told Haku with a sweat drop.

"Yea…" Haku told him still not use to Anko's antics. Still after that they enjoyed the rest of their meal until Haku had to leave for own training leaving Naruto with half the day to burn.

"Hmm what to do now…hmm I guess let's see what Ino-chan is up to." Naruto thought realizing he hasn't seen the blond girl in a while. So, he quickly walked to the Yamanaka Flower hoping that someone there would know where she was.

~Flower Shop~

"Thanks for coming" Ino told a customer with a smile as she watched them leave the shop.

*sigh* "Now back to moving our latest shipment again…joy." Ino grumbles. For while she didn't mind working in her families shop she always has hated shipment days. At first this was because it was hard work for her and she didn't want to ruin her proper figure but now she simply hated it because it took a rather long time to move everything to its proper place. Still she was about to suck it up and restart her progress when she heard the doorbells jingle again.

"Hello, welcome to the Yamanaka flower shop how can I help you?" Ino called out with a fake smile only to see that it was Naruto. "Hello Naruto-kun. What can I do for you?"

"Heh I just wanted to see how you are doing?" Naruto told her honestly.

"Sadly not much…we just got a shipment in and I have been trying to get it all sorted." Ino told him with a frown. After all she has been having to work her normal job only to add on having to sort through loads of supplies.

"Hmm..well do you need any help then if it is that bad?" Naruto asks her.

"Huh, you don't need to do that Naruto"

"But I want to. I mean I haven't been able to spend much time with you recently so might as well help you while I do so." Naruto told her with a smile. Ino just looks at Naruto for a moment before giving him a strong hug.

"Thank you then Naruto-kun." She tells him with a smile she then brought him to the back room with her.

"Okay so to start off if you want to pile up these bags of dirt and mulch over there in the corner." Ino tells Naruto while grabbing a few boxes. She then opened up a box and began to sort pots by size. They both worked while talking about random topics.

"…Ha,ha. I can't believe that is how you managed to do that prank" Ino told Naruto with a smile on her face after listening to how he actually managed to do a few of his crazier pranks. Course at this point they both heard the bell ring again. "Well, I guess I should take care of that. I'll be back in a bit." Ino tells Naruto walking back to the front of the shop.

"Hello Ino-chan how are you doing today?" A middle-aged woman asked as soon as Ino was seen up front. This woman was wearing a plain red shirt and some black pants that loosely fit on her. She also had dark brown hair that was cut off at her shoulders.

"I am doing good Kazumi-san how about you." Ino tells the women then walks around the counter and saw a eight year old girl holding onto Kazumi's hand. Said girl looked very similar to her mother but currently had her hair down to the middle of her back. "Doing chores with Karin-chan?" Ino asks smiling at the little girl who showed her a large smile.

"Well she had the day off from school and wanted to help me so we are just going to enjoy the day working on our garden." Kazumi told her. "So, is our order ready?" Kazumi asked.

"Yes it is." Ino tells her before turning her head towards the door to the storage room. "Naruto-kun can you bring out the box labeled Amari?" She called out.

"Sure Ino-chan." They all heard Naruto call out and began to hear more boxes moving around. Then a few minutes later he came out holding a medium sized box.

"Did your family get assistants finally then?" Kazumi asks making Ino laugh a bit.

"No my boyfriend just was nice enough to help me unpack or shipment today." Ino tells her.

"Oh how kind of him." Kazumi says with a smirk. "Now just make sure you don't distract poor Ino-chan too much while she is working." She adds teasingly.

"Heh, don't worry I only want to help her." Naruto told her.

"Hmph, I may be a bit older now but I still know how you teenagers think." Kazumi tells Naruto confusing him for a moment before a faint blush appears on his face.

"I-I assure you that is the furthest thing in my mind."

"Oh, so you are imagining it then?" Kazumi asks narrowing her eyes at him.

"N-no, I promise I just wanted to help."

"Suuurree you do. Oh, my poor Ino-chan why do you have to get in trouble just because of your one-track mind boyfriend."

"I'm not!" Naruto tells her firmly.

"Hehe, Ok that is enough teasing for now Kazumi-chan. I need my worker to actually work today." Ino tells the woman with a smile making Kazumi sigh.

"Fine. But he is so easy to tease; it's adorable." Kazumi tells Ino making Naruto realize he was being picked on making him pout a bit. So, he quickly placed the box on the desk and walked into the storage room. "Aww, don't be such a party pooper." Kazumi called out to him laughing with Ino for a few moments at the males injured pride. Meanwhile Karin just watched the whole event with a bland look.

"Adults are weird."

"Anyways here is your supplies, happy gardening." Ino tells her after the laughter passed. A package Kazumi happily picks up.

"Thank you Ino-can and enjoy your time with Naruto-san." Kazumi tells her before walking out of the business seeing as she payed them several days before when they ordered the items. And after they left Ino happily walked to the back again to see Naruto still pouting a bit.

"What's this the mighty Naruto can't take a bit of teasing?" She asks him making him pretend to glare at her.

"Haha just get back to work." Naruto told her making her smile at him and quickly gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. After that they then continued working for a decent bit longer until finally they finished with the heavy stuff leaving only a few smaller boxes left.

"Phew thanks for the help Naruto-kun." Ino tells Naruto while whipping a bit of sweat off her brow.

"No problem Ino-chan. But what about those boxes?" Naruto asks pointing at the smaller boxes.

"Hmm, oh, those are a new shipment of seeds. They just need to be placed on the stand out front." Ino tells him happy that only a little bit of work was left.

"Well how about I put them in then and you can get back to your regular work?" Naruto suggests making Ino smile.

"Well I'm not gonna complain if you really don't mind." Ino tells him.

+15 minutes later+

Naruto now was calmly sitting on the floor refilling the seed stand occasionally looking over at Ino. Said girl was happily walking around the shop taking care of all the plants by watering them and trimming the ones that needed. She also spent some time refilling the cut flower selection as well. The whole time she did this she seemed to be humming a simple tune in her head as she kept a smile on her face.

"Wow I never knew that simple gardening could make someone so happy." Naruto couldn't help but think as he watched the girl work but eventually shook his head and refocused on his own task.

"You really like gardening don't you Ino-chan?" Naruto asked the girl.

"Of course. There isn't many things that are as relaxing as working with plants." Ino tells him while carefully trimming one of the plants. "After all the plants are easy to please and don't ever complain. All they do is look truly beautiful." She tells him smelling the sweet sent the flowers gave off.

"That really does sound relaxing…Hana-chan" Naruto told her making her look at him for a moment.

(note that I looked up the definition for 'flower' and it is Hana. This may be Ino's nickname but it won't be used around the actual Hana of course just to stop confusion)

"Oh, I'm flower-chan now?" Ino asked walking towards Naruto who shrugged.

"Why not? Your hobby is gardening and you are as pretty as a flower anyway." Naruto told her making her blush a bit.

"…well isn't someone a sweet talker."

"Not really. I just say the truth." Naruto honestly told her making her smirk a bit and sit down next to him.

"Well then…I'll let you in on a little secret." Ino tells Naruto leaning in close to him. "Some plants taste just as sweet as they look. Do you want to test it out?" Ino asks in a sultry tone making Naruto blush as his mind immediately when to perverseness.

"I-I d-don't know do you think you really are ready for that step?" Naruto asked flustered as Ino stayed close to him. Course she didn't say anything and instead just gave Naruto a kiss that lasted for a few seconds.

"So, does this Hana taste as good as it looks?" Ino asked teasingly enjoying Naruto's flustered state.

"So that is what she means." Naruto thought calming his hormones down a bit before realizing she was teasing him again. "I'm not gonna lose again." Naruto thought determined while wrapping an arm around Ino's waist surprising her a bit.

"I don't know…I think I need another taste." Naruto told Ino with a smirk as he watcher her face go red as well. Still after a few seconds Ino still decided to lean in and they began to French kiss for a bit happily enjoying the taste of each other's mouths and Naruto's hand rubbed Ino's back.

*ring*

Both of them heard the bell and quickly looked over to the door that was now opening. Thankfully they were hidden from view by a stand as they quickly separated and Ino got up off the floor.

"H-hello and welcome…Kaa-chan!" Ino began before calling mother in surprise. "I-I thought you and dad were busy today." Ino tells her both surprised to see her and still a bit flustered about nearly getting caught being distracted while working.

"Well, we were but your father decided that he wanted to teach you some more while he has a chance. So, I brought Shizumi-san here seeing as she volunteered to take the rest of your shift." Ino's mother told her before looking at her daughter and glancing over to Naruto who now was back to sorting the seeds. "Though it looks like you are having plenty of fun with Naruto-san here." She added.

"N-no, he came over just to help me organize the shipment." Ino told her with a bit of a blush.

"Ino-chan." Her mother told her blandly. "If you want to make me believe that how about you fix your lipstick." She finished making Ino blush even harder and pulled out a compact mirror to look real quick.

"…but I'm not wearing lipstick today." She tells her mother confused.

"Yes, but the fact you had to check tells me you two were doing something other than just working." Her mother tells her making her blush even worse.

"S-sorry." Ino mutters embarrassed making her mother laugh.

"Just don't let your father find out…anyways I am sorry Naruto-san but I have to take Ino-chan." She tells them and Naruto quickly stood up.

"It's ok I just finished with restocking these anyways." Naruto told her and began to walk towards the door. "Have a good training session Ino-chan." Naruto tells her before leaving the store completely.

"By Naruto-kun see you later." Ino tells him with a small smile still embarrassed by her mother.

_Naruto_

So, now that Ino was busy Naruto yet again found himself wandering around Konoha's streets again. Though thankfully now it was closer to dinner time.

"Naruto-san."

Naruto heard a voice calling from behind him and quickly turned around to see Hanabi walking up to him.

"Oh, hello…Hanabi-chan right?" Naruto told her with a small smile while missing the small frown she had for a moment when it took him a second to remember her. Course now that she was in front of him he was able to see that Hanabi was currently in a beautiful kimono and had a small amount of make up accenting her beauty. "Oh, and what has you so well dressed?" Naruto asked curious missing her faint blush.

"W-what do you think?" Hanabi asked cursing herself for stuttering in the beginning.

"You look very cute hanabi-chan." Naruto told her with a wide smile that made the girls blush be seen visible even under her makeup.

"Well…cute is a start I suppose." Hanabi thinks before taking a deep breath to calm herself.

"Thank you…W-would you mind going out on a d-d-….out to eat with me?" Hanabi ask with her blush now very visible on her cheeks. A fact that a few women around them couldn't help but find cute.

Course Naruto completely missed that she mean as a date and simply thought of it as a simple meal.

"Heh, sure Hanabi-chan. Let's go." Naruto told her making her smile.

"Hai."

And with that they both continued to walk down the roads with Naruto now having a plan of where to go.

~Ichiraku Ramen~

"Here we are Hanabi-chan." Naruto told the girl happily. Meanwhile said girl was far from happy with where he decided to eat.

"Of all the places I wanted my first date to be I think this would be one of the worst." Hanabi thought disappointed but hid it from showing on her face.

"Hey old man, Ayame-chan." Naruto called out happily to the two ramen chefs.

"Hello Naruto-kun." Ayame told him happily while Teuchi looked over at him with a smile. Naruto the made it all the way in and saw that Konohamaru, Udon, and Moegi were already sitting in the shop.

"Hey boss!" Konohamaru calls out happily then looks behind him to see Hanabi and her current outfit. "W-wow" he couldn't help but mutter with a blush on his face which Udon was quick to copy. Meanwhile Moegi looked at her with sparkles in her eyes.

"Wow, Hanabi-chan you look so beautiful." Moegi tells Hanabi who gives the girl a small smile.

"Thank you." She told her as she calmly sat down in the farthest seat while Naruto sat by both her and Konohamaru. "Can I get a miso ramen." Hanabi then calmly tells Teuchi who nods to the girl.

"And I'll get my normal old man." Naruto added making the older man chuckle a bit. Naruto then began to talk to Konohamaru as they got their food and only brought Hanabi into the talk every so often when he felt that she wasn't enjoying herself.

*sigh* "This is far from how I wanted this date to go." Hanabi thought while playing with her ramen with her chopsticks. Something Naruto saw and grew concerned about.

"What's wrong Hanabi-chan? Is there something wrong with your ramen?" Naruto asked taking her chopsticks from her before she could respond. He then picked up a small amount of her ramen and ate it. "Hmm no it seems fine…is there something wrong?" Naruto asked her while handing back her chopsticks.

"It's just…" Hanabi began before remembering that Naruto always was rather dense. "That must be why this date sucks…this idiot must not realize that this is a date." Hanabi thought sadly. "No everything is fine." Hanabi told him a bit down about her realization. She then looked down at her food and remembered that Naruto used her chopsticks to taste her ramen. She then quickly grabbed a bit of her noodles with the same chopsticks and put it into her mouth and began to chew with a blush on her face.
"Well at least this is a start." Hanabi thought enjoying the fact that she at least got an indirect kiss. Meanwhile Moegi watched her friend's expressions surprised.

"She really does have a crush on the boss." Moegi thinks but instead of mentioning it just continued to eat her own food.

And that is where I am going to end this chapter. Now I will admit that this chapter's main goal was to get Naruto's girls some screen time seeing as I have been neglecting them for a decent while. Anyways I still hoped you all enjoyed this at least a little bit. Finally all I have to say is happy easter. Now Ja Ne.