Before the Chūnin Exams would continue, and prior to Sasuke's desire to openly leave the Village Hidden in the Leaves, Naruto had desired to make a move- to plant the seeds for his further conquests. With the latest development, it only seemed fit that the shinobi start with a young Ino Yamanaka, a girl of the very clan that made all this action possible for him. However, the blonde pervert didn't want to give it away that he was the one helping Sakura; at least, not quite yet. He also couldn't 'break character' and do something that seemed out of his nature. So, we began to spin a conniving mess of an explanation, preparing himself before reaching out to her, the kunoichi out and about on the streets. Like Sakura, Ino didn't want to stay in the hospital longer than she had to and needed some fresh air after that fight.

Despite her look of immediate disgust, Naruto smirked, scratching the back of his head as he looked at her, acting like his goofy self. "I'm glad I found you! I wanted to congratulate you for putting on a good fight with Sakura!" Naruto explained, complimenting her, figuring it was the best way to make her lower her guard. "I also wanted to thank you, cause without you, Choji, and Shikamaru, I don't think we would've survived our attack in the Forest of Death! Not with Sasuke hurt like that." The shinobi said, looking grateful for whatever help that blonde kunoichi offered alongside her squad. Ino, in a boastful way, cocked a grin, remarking to the orphaned idiot that: "Well, obviously! But, I didn't do it for you or Sakura, just to protect my future boyfriend, Sasuke!"

The future Hokage merely shrugged, expecting just as much in terms of the kunoichi's response, knowing she wasn't openly warm to Sakura. That, and she just considers Naruto a pest, much like many other people at this point in history. Not that it mattered. "Well," he began, looking over his shoulder, making it look as though he was sharing some super-big secret with her, "I wanted to repay you for your help, and I figured you might want to know this about Sasuke. Well, Sasuke and Sakura." Naruto's words only made Ino's face light up in anxiety, concerned about what the blonde menace meant by that. Did something happen between Billboard-Brow and Sasuke? She hadn't seen anything, but it wasn't impossible that the two might be secretly together, considering how much time they spent together as squadmates.

With a deep breath, Ino would grab Naruto by the collar of his orange jumpsuit, pulling his face in close, able to see an almost demon-like, malicious expression on the kunoichi's face. "What do you know, knucklehead?" Laughing nervously, Naruto held up his arms in self-defence, thinking for a moment that Ino was going to beat the information out of him. Not that a beating from her would be the worst pain he's experienced. If he hadn't thought ahead regarding his tip for Ino, he might've been in trouble, but, with his preparation, Naruto knew just how to word this to really manipulate this kunoichi.

"Okay, okay, I was just going to warn you that Sakura and Sasuke have been getting pretty close lately, closer than ever," Naruto warned, lying through his teeth as he kept a rather straight demeanour. "I don't like it any more than you do. That jerk Sasuke stealing Sakura from me," Naruto continued, pausing as Ino punched the shinobi in the gut, penance for insulting her crush. Recoiling in pain from the sudden hit, Naruto looked up at Ino, further explaining: "My best bet… which even you might be able to see… is Sakura's body. Becoming a lot more womanly, and I think she's using that miracle of growth to seduce him. Sasuke is a boy, after-all." Ino, upon hearing this news, couldn't shake the thought of Naruto being right. That Sakura's body, which had already started growing quite a bit, was maturing and tempting Sasuke. Being together on missions with Sasuke only made that worse.

As Naruto stood back up, recovered from the rather abusive hit to his gut, Ino had looked at him sternly as if trying to discern whether the shinobi told the truth. "You're sure there's something going on between them? Seduction doesn't seem like Sakura's thing." Ino questioned, raising a valid point regarding the deception that Naruto tried to feed this kunoichi. However, the shinobi had just the right response for her: "Maybe, but she loves Sasuke - to my annoyance - and I'm sure she'd do anything if it meant winning him over." Naruto, in other words, suggested that Sakura planned to use any tools at her disposal to win over Sasuke, even the pinkette's own body.

"How exactly can I win over Sasuke, first, then? Sakura's going to have him in the palm of her hands soon." Ino questioned, looking to Naruto - and within herself - for the answer she desired. This sort of thinking, however, was just what the shinobi desired from her, knowing he could convince Ino to do the same kind of thing, just as he did for Sakura. "Well, considering how both of us could get what we want, there is something we can arrange. A plan that can benefit the both of us. But, for the time-being, think it over. It wouldn't be easy, and should only be done if you really want to ensnare Sasuke." Naruto explained, suggesting he might help Ino get Sasuke, leaving Sakura for the blonde knucklehead.

Ino had been understandably unsure, not even knowing what Naruto planned to do to her; unfortunately, she didn't get a chance to ask the blonde idiot as he walked away from her after suggesting their arrangement. After all, he had no point- no rush - in starting something with the young Yamanaka, some fun with her only being a bonus to Naruto's travel to the past. Well, the training of Ino, among future conquests. For now, the shinobi simply walked over to Ichiraku's, had a bowl of ramen, and made his way back home, desiring some rest, as the next round of the Chūnin Exams would be coming in a few short days, and Naruto wanted to be prepared for the mess that was going to come his way.

As he arrived home, Naruto thought to himself how he had to stay focused on his mission and not change the timeline any further, at least not in the ways that would seriously alter future events. Corrupting the kunoichi, he'd come to know? That wouldn't cause any major problems. Altering the fates of the people like the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi? That, quite clearly, would be too much of a change. Naruto just wanted to, originally, make a cumdumpster out of - and steal the heart of - Sakura, not severely alter future events. Changing things like the third Hokage's fate could jeopardize Naruto's rise to power after the Fourth Great Ninja War. Everything was going, more or less, as Naruto planned. He just had to continue to play his role and further mould Sakura to his liking. All for Sasuke.