A/N: Aloha, folks! I thank you for tuning in to another chapter of Stuck on an Island with a Cute Demon! It has been fun for me to write these chapters. Maybe I have just hit a new groove or something. Anyways... While things are moving quite quickly for our adorable couple, Naruto and Kyuumiko, there are still many milestones that they must reach before they truly fall in love with each other. So far, all they have between them is their friendship and their budding mutual attraction for each other. The latter will be emphasized a bit in this chapter.

This will be a slightly shorter chapter, but I hope to make it a fun one!

I hope you all enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto or any of these characters. I only own the clothes on my back.

Stuck on an Island with a Cute Demon

By Yangster

Chapter #4: Choosing to Stay

Was their relationship getting weird?

Maybe just a bit.

Ever since they had become friends, it seemed to him that she was getting more and more needy. It seemed this big changed happened that night just few weeks ago when she had dragged him out of the shelter at the crack of dawn to watch the sun rise with her. Maybe it was because of him nearly having gotten his legs blown off by that explosive trap that he walked into, but it seemed that she never let him go anywhere alone now. From dawn until dusk, she was with him, whether it be when he went into the jungle to acquire more food or when he was on the beach. He did not mind. After-all, it meant that he could have a lot more conversations with her.

At first, the only time she would not accompany him would be when he bathed. Now, she would stay with him during those moments as well. For a while, she would turn her back to him while he was bathing, but now she felt comfortable enough around him to talk to him face to face during such moments. For a bit it had been awkward for him. Eventually, after all these weeks together, he had gotten use to having her company. So much so that he was no longer that embarrassed about being naked around her when he was in the river. With the water doing its part to hide his bits, he could hold a conversation with her without fear of exposing himself.

Such as the conversation that he was having with her right now.

"Shukaku didn't seem like that at all when I fought him!" he exclaimed, causing her to let out a soft chuckle.

"Oh yes. Before he went totally insane, he had a deep love for flowers. Too bad he spent most of his time in the desert," she replied, the corner of her lips curved upwards in a smirk. "I'm still surprised you managed to beat him even if he was partially sealed. Goes to show just how weak he was."

He responded to her as he washed his hair. "Yeah, well, he was freaking tough to deal with... I never knew all the tailed beasts were like that. I always assumed that most of them just wanted to kill everyone."

"They're only like that because you monkeys wanted to kill them first... Well, seal them first," she said in response, absentmindedly twirling silky locks of her short, orange hair with her fingers. "When alone like this with someone they can stand being around, we are mostly civil. Not with each other though. We all hate each other for some reason."

"I wonder why?"

She shrugged her shoulders, turning her head away from him to peer at him from the corner of her eye "It has been a very long time since we have all met up. I have already forgotten why we split up. I just know that we did. It is an irrational hatred we have between us."

"How long ago did all this happen again?" he asked.

"Like..." She trailed off and began counting with her fingers before finally answering him. "Maybe... Ten thousand years ago? Something like that."

He widened his eyes. "Eesh! That is... Just how old are you?"

"I've lost count."

"How do you forget how old you are?" he asked as he swam a bit closer to where the rock she was sitting on was near the basin.

"You sort of just stop caring after several thousand years," she answered, shrugging her shoulders, glancing down at him again, taking just a split-second to gloss over his muscular chest and toned stomach, and lick her lips before looking up at his handsome face. "You monkeys care a lot because every year you have people to celebrate."

Was it just her, or was there something about him these days? She just could not keep her eyes off of him sometimes. Just looking at him stirred this pleasant warmth inside of her, usually in her heart, and sometimes in other parts of her. She should be worried, but it was such a nice sensation that she found herself giving in almost immediately whenever she felt it. She had only noticed it when they had first slept together in his shelter that night—it being that nurturing and primal heat that would begin to ebb and flow throughout her entire body if left unchecked.

While she should be more worried, there was no harm in indulging herself a bit, right?

"Well... If you have a birthday, I can celebrate it with you," he replied, offering her a smile, seemingly oblivious to her subtle leering.

She smiled sadly. "I did, but I have long forgotten it along with my age."

"We can always just set some day for it. The day itself does not matter so much as the meaning does," retorted Naruto, leaning back in the water with a pleasant sigh, submerging himself all the way up to his shoulders.

"Would you do that for me?" she asked softly, canting her head a bit to the side as she looked into his eyes.

He looked back at her and nodded. "I would."

"Perhaps when we get our bearings about what date it is, then we can go about setting up a day to be my birthday," she said in response, happiness filling the void left by the sadness in her earlier smile, turning it into a toothsome grin.

Watching that sudden change in his expression filled him with confidence.

"You look really beautiful when you smile, you know that?"

Her cheeks flushed, her ears bent downwards, and her eyes widened in surprise at his sudden compliment. "Where did that come from?"

"I just felt like that I had to say it." He smiled.

"You and your impulses..." she said quietly, pursing her lips as she began to feel the heat from her own blush on her cheeks. "Now you have me blushing again. Is that what you are into, Naruto? Making legendary tailed beasts blush?"

He let out a chuckle. "Only when it's you."

His words caused her blush to intensify.

"You're just laying it on thick now..."

"Only because I know you like the praise," he replied, pointing a casual finger at her.

"That I do," she said in response as she reached both hands up to her face to cover up her cheeks. "But... Mm..."

"Hmm?"

She gave her head a slight shake. "I like the praise, but I don't like blushing... It is embarrassing."

"Why?" asked Naruto, quirking a brow.

"Well... It is unbefitting of a tailed beast to be so easily swayed emotionally by a mortal," she answered, rubbing her cheeks in the hope that she will be able to alleviate the redness in them.

"Does it matter here though? We're on an island alone together," he replied.

Pursing her lips, she took a moment to mull over his words. What he said was true. He was not going to judge her, nor would he ever cause her such strong emotions with ill intent. Truth be told, she got even more embarrassed at the fact that it had taken this long for her to realize that. Luckily for her, he would not be able to see her blush grow an even deeper shade of red with her hands covering her cheeks. Not until she was ready anyways.

"You're right. It doesn't matter... It's just you and I alone on this island," she said softly, nodding her head before eventually lowering her hands, revealing her still red-tinted cheeks to him. "There."

He smiled at her. "If it makes you feel any better, you make me blush sometimes too."

"Not as often as I do though." She pouted.

"Maybe you can try harder?"

She quirked a brow as her ears perked up. "Oh? Is that a challenge?"

"Just throwing that out there," he answered, smiling nervously when he saw her smirk.

"Mm... I think you just issued me a challenge, Naruto. I rarely ever back down from a challenge, you know?" As she spoke, her tone changed from the dull one she normally used to a much more sultry one, causing him to shudder. "Making you blush will be easy."

Somehow, perhaps magically, his cheeks remained their tanned colour despite the implication of her words. "W-Well then."

"I see you have already put up your defenses," she said, letting out a deep, feminine chuckle as she slid off the smooth rock that she was sitting on, and walked closer towards the water. "No matter. I have all day... And all night, if need be."

He swallowed quietly. With her standing over him and because of where he was sitting, trying to look up at her face only yielded him a good eyeful of the underside of her hefty, bountiful, and incredibly shapely breasts. Held back by a tight, dark blue top, which seemed to be near skin-tight where it mattered the most, they were quite the sight to behold. Then she bent over and placed her hands on her hips, causing those wonderful breasts of her to bounce against each other right in front of his face.

Naruto felt himself begin to salivate as the blood rushed from his head down to his growing erection. Pursing his lips, he lowered himself just a tad bit more into the water to hide the fact that he was positively throbbing down there at the moment. Not even the cold river water was enough to get him down with such a hot woman presenting herself to him.

"H-Hey..." he let out nervously, causing her to hum inquisitively.

"Mmm. Come on, Naruto. Just blush for me. I want to get back at you," she said softly, using a faux-whiny tone. "I even struck a pose and everything..."

He slowly waded away from her. "It is not like I can blush on command or anything."

"Oh? Will this make you blush then?" she asked innocently before she cupped both of her breasts with her hands and squeezed them together. "Don't you male monkeys like this sort of thing? Women playing obscenely with their own breasts?"

Naruto bit down on his bottom lip as he watched her touch herself. She was going at it quite roughly as well, digging her fingers into the soft, doughy flesh of her breasts as she kneaded them, and squeezed them together. For a split second, he thought that he saw the faint outline of her pert nipples as they hardened underneath her thin, midriff-exposing, top. Eventually, he decided that enough was enough. Exhaling shakily through his nostrils, he forced himself to look away, and turned his cheek to her. It was then that he blushed.

"Ahah! Gotcha!" she exclaimed, pointing both of her fingers at him before puffing out her chest in pride.

"Y-Yeah, you got me," he replied, sinking himself down into the deepest part of the river, all the way until everything below his nose was submerged.

Letting out a contented sigh, she then sat herself back down onto her rock. "That was fun."

"I don't think I'll ever be able to look at you the same way now..." he admitted quietly, looking over at her.

"Oh?"

"That whole thing you did," began Naruto, his cheeks flushing again as his gaze went from her face to her breasts then back to her face. "It was... Too sexy..."

"What? I was just teasing you. It's not like... You can't have... You...?" she asked, her eyes widening slightly in realization as her cheeks flushed again.

His blush slowly crept to his ears as he nodded his head. "Yeah..."

She pursed her lips as she continued to look at him. She would not admit it to him, but a part of her swelled with pride at the idea that she was able to get him aroused just by fondling herself. This form, while weak and nowhere near as grand as her fox form, had its perks, she thought. Perks such as being small enough that she would not crush Naruto by laying her head down on his stomach or being able to experience that strange, yet oddly pleasant, feeling of him being taller than her. Now that she thought about it, she actually quite liked being in this form. Being able to stand with him almost as if he was her equal was nice. He had instilled confidence in her for this form that she had never had before. Especially now that she knew that she had such an effect on him.

"Do you need some time alone?" she asked, unsure of what to say, swallowing quietly as she slowly looked down from his face to where his groin would be under the water.

Truth be told, she was now kind of curious as to just what he was hiding from her. There were moments where she had wondered before, but now that the topic had taken such a turn, she found that she could not keep her mind off of it. Just the idea filled her with this hazy warmth that flooded her head with this naughty fog. She was so confused now with all these emotions, some that formed in her heart, and others that formed in places such as the spot beneath her navel and her special place between her legs.

Just what was happening to her?

He shook his head slowly. "I think that... If you just give me a few minutes, it'll go down... We can head back to the beach afterwards."

"S-Sure," she stammered, placing her hands in her lap. "Sorry, Naruto... Maybe... Maybe I went too far."

"No, no! It's not your fault," he replied, gesturing no with his hand. "It was just playful teasing. Plus, I'm a guy. It happens."

"Does it... Does it hurt?"

"I... Hm... Do you really want to know?"

She swallowed quietly, pausing for a moment before answering his question. "I... I'm curious."

"Kind of," he said quietly.

"Do you... Need help?" she asked meekly, her face going red.

Naruto widened his eyes.

"I think I can handle myself," he said, pausing for a moment to exhale slowly to calm himself down before continuing. "You don't need to help. If you want, you can head back to the beach first."

She shook her head and pouted. "No. I want to stay with you."

"Oh. Alright," replied Naruto, biting down on his bottom lip again.

A moment of silence passed before he spoke up again.

"You know, I never expected you to be able to do that..."

"I didn't expect myself to be able to do that either. It just... Came out." As she spoke, her two ears slowly began to droop.

He slowly waded back towards her. "Still, that was really impressive. Maybe if we manage to get back, you could try blending in by being an actor!"

"I... Blending in..." Trailing off, she looked at him, pursing her lips when she saw the toothsome grin on his face. "If we ever do get back, I'll most likely just go back to roaming the wilds. I'll make sure to visit you though. I gotta know how my favourite monkey in the world is doing."

"That'd be really nice," he said, his elation at being called her favourite evident in the enthusiastic tone he used. "You might find yourself getting more attention in that form than in your fox form though."

"How so?"

"Well, you're beautiful when you're in that form. Cute and adorable too. Plus... You've got a really sexy side that I never knew existed," he answered, his words eliciting a quiet gasp from her, and causing her to blush. "A lot of guys and even some girls would be very interested in you."

"Oh... Right..."

He quirked a brow. "What's wrong?"

"The only monkey I want giving me their attention is you, Naruto," she confessed, her blush intensifying. "Just the idea of someone else looking at me like the way you do makes me sick to my stomach."

"It makes me... Very happy to hear that," he admitted, smiling softly at her.

"It'd better. You should be honoured that I hold you so high compared to your fellow monkeys."

His smile widened. "I am. I am honoured just being able to spend time with you."

Smiling back at him, she then looked down at the water. Pursing her lips, she took a moment to think over what they had said to each other so far. Such pauses in their conversation had become a thing for them. They were natural and did not at all make them feel awkward. These comfortable moments of silence spoke volumes of just how accustomed to each other they had become. As she mulled over things, she heard him start making his way to where she was sitting.

"Hey, you mind tossing me my jacket?" he asked as he reached out to her. "I think I've bathed enough."

"Not at all," she replied, picking up the orange jacket which she had once hated and now found somewhat endearing before offering it to him.

"Thanks."

Covering himself as he got out of the water, he walked several steps back behind her, and began drying himself off. Quickly finishing up with that, he then walked over to where she was sitting, and picked up his clothes. It was just when he was about to tie his wet jacket around his waist when he felt her tug on the back of his shirt, prompting him to turn his head to look at her. She had her head down and was avoiding his gaze.

"Hey, Naruto..."

"Yes?" he asked, canting his head slightly.

"I don't want to go back..."

He quirked a brow. "Oh?"

"I don't want to go back. Here, I feel safe. Here, I get to be here with you, with someone who I can trust."

"I—"

She looked at him.

"Do you want to go back?"

Naruto pursed his lips as he looked into her eyes. Those red eyes which could hold so many emotions, which could grow fiery with rage and dull with sombre sadness. There was a vulnerability in them that he easily recognized now. Having been asked that, he took a moment to think. Just when was the last time that he had thought of his friends back home or of his home itself?

There was security here, which was the strongest reason for her wanting to stay on this island, he thought. His reasons for staying though? Her happiness. This was no tailed beast in front of her, but just a girl with unfair circumstances forced upon her. He was young and impulsive, he would admit, but he knew that if he was making the wrong decision here, then he would not have felt as much conviction as he did when he finally parted his lips to offer her his answer.

Even if he had wanted to leave, just one look at her would have been enough to make him stay. This was his life now—spending every day and night with her on this island.

"No. I want to stay with you."

She hugged him immediately after he said that. He hugged her back. While there were no words exchanged between them after that, something had changed.

He knew. She knew.

There was no going back.

A/N: I hope you like that interesting jump in their relationship! Progress is being made, folks! Progress in their fluffy love! I had a lot of fun writing this chapter. I hope that what I have written flows naturally. It went from friendly, to cute, to a bit lewd, and then to just heart-felt romance. Anyways, please favourite, follow, and review. I love waking up to reviews to read! Take care, guys!