Chapter 5: No shirt, No shoes, Full service… The next day…

Sakura awoke still feeling odd from the night before. She remembered her meeting with Tsunade and got up to get ready for the day. She saw her clock, which read 7:15.

"Ah good, I still got about 2 hours before I gotta leave." she said. "I better start now, you know how long us girls take to get ready!" (snicker!) I better put on something nice so I don't get any harder of a time from Tsunade. She finished, reaching for a newer shirt.

On the other side of town, Naruto was making some preparations of his own…

"Video check one." observed Naruto.

"Check." came the reply.

"Sound check two." said Naruto

"Sound checked." came the reply. "Just don't move around to much or we'll lose reception."

"Fine fine, relax. I know what I'm doing, I've used this kinda stuff before."

"Just be sure to listen to what I say exactly or else you could get us both caught." said the perverted hermit Jiraiya.

"You don't want to be on the receiving end of Tsunade's anger, trust me!"

"Just keep that in mind, if I get caught cause of you, you're going down with me!" said Naruto.

They finish packing their equipment and head for the mall.

Back at Sakura's house…

She has just gotten out of the shower and was still a little disoriented.

"Where did my towel go? I know I put it here somewhere." she thought. "My mom just left for a 2 week cruise in the village of waves. I could probably throw a little party and still have time to clean up afterwards if I'm smart about it. She shouldn't be back for another week or so." she continued finding her towel on the countertop where she had left it. "Ah, here it is." she exclaimed. "Now where did my toothbrush get too?"

She finishes getting dressed with minimal problems and quickly brushes her hair and finds her favorite pair of undies. She notices the time and freaks out…

"Jeez, it's already 8:55. I better hurry up and get going." She says, pulling her hair into a loose ponytail to keep it out of her eyes.

Back with Naruto and Jiraiya…

"I just finished setting up the last of the sensory equipment. If Sakura and Tsunade enter any girls store, we'll know."

"Good were you seen?" asked Jiraiya.

"I don't think so, but one of the store clerks in Dateayebayo's was keeping a close eye on me." Naruto said. "I was in disguise, but it's hard acting like a lady all the time." (You're welcome! ;)

Naruto would have to be the one out in the field because Jiraiya was known throughout the mall as a pervert. And the fact that he would do weird things to the other women usually gave him away…

As soon as Naruto found Sakura, he would 'accidentally' turn off his equipment and say that it malfunctioned. He had no plans to share what he saw with Jiraiya. He was just using him to find them. After they entered the first shop he could track them easily enough without being noticed.

"Speak of the devils!" came Jiraiya's voice. "Here they come now!"

"Right! I see them." replied Naruto.

Tsunade and Sakura both walk through the door laughing at a joke that was just made.

Naruto watched them walking down the midway, looking at some of the jewelry and trinkets that were on sale in the portable carts. Then all of a sudden Tsunade grabs Sakura's arm and pulls her towards the store called…

"Konoha's Secret!" said Jiraya, "The co-ordinates are…"

"You don't need to tell me, I saw where they went." Naruto said. "It looks like Tsunade has been here before! EWWW. Nasty!" he thinks stopping himself before his mind went any further.

"I remember the time me and Tsunade went to a store like that to get her some lacy under-things." noted Jiraiya reminiscently.

"GAWD! I didn't need to know that! That's just disgusting!" He replied getting sick to his stomach thinking about it.

"I'm going in!" he continued, "Watch my exit point! If I don't come out…tell Konhamaru…that he's an idiot!" he finished.

"Can do partner!" came the reply.

As Naruto entered the Konha's Secret store, he was immediately intercepted by one of the clerks.

"Hello sir, how may I help you?" she asked with a smile.

"I'm here looking for…uhh…umm." stuttered Naruto.

"Say you're looking for something for your girlfriend! Quickly!" said Jiraiya through the earpiece.

"Yeah, uh a umm…" he continued.

"Are you looking for a gift for that special someone?" she asked. "It's ok, is this your first time in a place like this?"

"Uh…yeah!" he replied, mentally sighing.

"If you describe her a little, I can probably help you find something she'll like." She said smiling again.

"Umm, no thanks. I got something kinda specific in mind." he said.

"Ohh, ok. If you need anything I'll be right over there." She said smiling one last time and turning to the back of the store to help someone else.

"Ok, thanks." Naruto said.

"Jeez that was close, you're terrible at this!" said Jiraiya.

"Shuttup, ok. I was caught off guard when she first saw me and I didn't have anything prepared." He whispered into the hidden microphone. "Anyway, let's find Tsunade and Sakura before they leave again."

"Anyway… they're in a little farther in and directly to your left." Jiraiya said, "Remember, you CAN"T get caught or we're done!"

"I know already, just please, stop talking. I think I've found where they are anyway." Naruto saw Tsunade holding up a lacy black bra that wouldn't fit Sakura unless she had gotten a boob job while he was away! He thought putting 2+2 together and getting sick to his stomach.

"Ooh let me see, turn on visuals!"

"Slow your role a second, don't wet yourself in excitement!" Naruto replied smiling at his own joke. I think I see Sakura picking up some REALLY hot panties, and a pretty low cut shirt!"

Naruto hears someone walking near where he's hiding. "Crap I think someone saw me!" He lied, turning off the video.

"WOW! That would be so hot on her." Naruto thought. "It must be for her boyfriend!" Naruto starts to feel down and thinks, "She'd probably never go out on a real date with me unless out of pity. Especially now!"

"Hey Naruto! The visuals went out again." Came the voice in his ear. He ignores him and turns of the sound from the earpiece now that he found Sakura, he could do the rest by himself.

"I wonder what he'd think of me in this?" Naruto hears Sakura ask herself.

"She is shopping for her boyfriend!" he thought get depressed.

"I wonder if he'll like this shirt and skirt, whenever I put one on, I feel like a breeze is blowing between my legs!"

Naruto saw what she meant, from his position he could almost… "No this isn't right!" he told himself. "I shouldn't be doing this." He said just barely audible.

But as he was getting ready to leave, Sakura comes over to where the rack he's hiding in and starts looking through the clothes he's hiding behind. "Crap, if she sees me, I'll be killed." He thought. "I gotta figure a way out of this quickly!"

Just as Sakura was about to move the last piece of clothes shielding him from sight, Tsunade calls from the other side of the store…

"Hey Sakura, come here for a sec. I want you to try this on." she says.

"Thank you granny Tsunade!" he said. "A second later and I would have been caught!"

He saw Sakura go back to the changing room with the clothing Tsunade handed her. Naruto wrestled with himself, but finally decided to do a little 'undercover' investigation. He changed into a girl and followed her into the changing room and took the stall next to hers.

"I can hear her changing." he thought, his heartbeat picking up. " I really shouldn't look but…" As he looks under the divider (of course), Sakura's shirt falls to the ground startling him, and causing him to jump in surprise and hit the opposite divider wall.

"Holy Crap! That scared the hell outta me!" he thought.

"Are you ok?" comes Sakura's voice from the next stall over.

Naruto was freaking out and his heart was racing enough already as he says, "Yes, I'm fine. I just thought I saw something on the floor is all" he replies in the best females voice he could muster. "Thanks though!" he finished lamely.

He heard Sakura changing back, and gathering up her stuff, he was to afraid to leave until after she did in case she saw him on the way out. He didn't want to get caught in any longer of a conversation in case she figured out he wasn't really a female! When she finally leaves, he sneaks out and heads for the exit dropping the disguise as soon as he's through the door, but as he does, who else but Tsunade and Sakura come walking out behind him.

Naruto quickly ducks behind the nearest bench and transforms into…

"Lee!" exclaims Sakura, "What are you doing here?"

"Hi Sakura-chan, you look very pretty" Naruto/Lee says. "Would you like to go on a date later?"

"No!" Sakura yells and punches Naruto/Lee in the face, sending him flying across the mall.

"STOP ASKING!" She yells after him.

Later at Ichiraku's Ramen shop Naruto walks up to meet Sakura for lunch and…

"Naruto, what happened to you?" she asks barely concealing a smile.

"Well I got into this fight with like 6 HUGE guys and they all jumped be at the same time and I got all of them but one who hit me in the face with a board." Naruto says pointing to the bandage.

"Liar!" she replied standing up to kiss him on the cheek. "That's for saying I was cute earlier." She said.

"How'd you know it was me?" he asked.

"I thought I caught sight of you jump behind the bench 'Lee' jumped from." Naruto was surprised she had figured it out so easily. "But I wasn't sure till I saw the bandage… What were you doing there anyway?"

"I was just curious what your 'secret' mission was." he replied. "Damn, I didn't think you'd figure it out so easily!"

"Well maybe it wasn't such a bad thing you didn't." she said. "Now lets eat! I'm starving after all that shopping!"

End Chapter 5

Will Sakura find out the truth about what Naruto was really doing at the mall?

Will Naruto get to go on an actual date with Sakura or is he doomed to always be 'Just Friends'?
And will Naruto be able to escape Jiraiya's wrath when he finds him?