A/N: Howdy y'all. Welcome back to another chapter of Stuck on an Island with a Cute Demon! It has been lots of fun this past week being able to write all of this. I hope that you have all grown attached to Naruto and Kyuumiko enough that this chapter does not seem rushed! Oh yes. This will be a big one. Prepare to be engaged with a ton of wholesome fluff!

I hope you all enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto or any of these characters. If I did, I would make a romantic spin-off.

Stuck on an Island with a Cute Demon

By Yangster

Chapter #5: This Little Thing Called Love

Things were really shaping up between the two of them.

Every morning, at the crack of dawn, the two of them would climb up to one of the taller trees in the jungle to watch the sun rise. They would sit right next to each other on one of the thicker branches with her resting her head on his shoulder as they took in the vibrant orange and red as the sun rose up from behind the water on the horizon. Afterwards, as they talked, they would be able to turn, and savour the view of the endless greenery behind them. The island stretched out for as far as the eye could see and then some; it was filled with tall trees with beautiful flowers sprouting out of them and a sprawling mountain range. Being able to see those two grand views back to back was truly an awe-inspiring way to start the day.

Despite the island's supreme vastness, he had barely explored any of it. While there was much to be found or discovered, he was content with just spending time with her at the three places that he had pretty much made part of his new home: the beach, the place with the apple and longan trees, and the part of the river where they would bathe. All that was just a fraction of a fraction of the massive island that they were on, but for him, it was pretty much his entire world.

Her too, of course. She was her friend and the only other person on this island with him after-all.

However, the word friend was starting to seem unfitting for someone such as her. It did not feel right to call someone who was so close to him just a friend. This was especially the case after he had promised to stay with her on the island even if they found a way off of it. There was without a doubt, something special between them. Something potentially life-changing. He just did not have the confidence to acknowledge what it was. At least not yet.

Even if things did not escalate any further though, he was more than happy to just be with her.

There were so many aspects of their relationship that he had never really experienced with anyone else. There would be moments where they would tease each other, moments where they would talk about more serious topics, even moments like this—a quiet one.

The sun had just risen to its place in the sky and was now blanketing their backs with its warmth as they looked out towards the jungle. Today was just a bit different though. While she did have her head on his shoulder, she had taken the bold move of wrapping herself around his arm as well. Her boldness was rewarded when he had rested his head atop hers in turn. Neither of them had also said a word yet. Not that it bothered them. Even when they had nothing to say to each other, they were able to smile, and bask in each other's company.

With each passing day, they became more and more comfortable with each other. While these touches that they shared spoke volumes of their growing connection with each other, they themselves were silent, always avoiding the topic one way or another.

Eventually that silence would have to come to an end.

It was just a matter of time.

Letting out a soft sigh, Naruto decided that he would be the first one to talk. "I don't think I'll ever get tired of waking up to this."

"The view is nice," she replied, canting her head to look up at him.

"Mhm," he hummed in agreement before looking down at her and smirking. "Though I'd say that the view next to me is even nicer."

Her cheeks flushed just like he wanted them to. "You and your silver tongue... If you had been this smooth before we ended up on this island, you could have had a girlfriend back in your village."

Mulling over her words for a moment, he tried to think back to the girls that he had known when he lived in Konoha. Strangely enough, he found that he did not really care enough to imagine what dating any of them would have been like. Perhaps isolation had something to do with it, but the only girl he had on his mind was the one right next to him.

"Maybe." He shrugged. "It's not like I can go back in time to see if you're right."

"True..."

He quirked a brow when she trailed off. "Hm?"

"Speaking of time, I wonder how long we have been here on the island, Naruto," she said quietly.

"About a month," replied Naruto with a shrug. "Why do you ask?"

"It doesn't feel like a month has passed at all," she answered, exhaling softly, the corners of her lips curving upwards to form a soft smile. "Does it?"

"No. Not at all." He smiled back at her.

"What was that saying again? Time passes quickly when you are having fun?"

Naruto nodded. "Yeah. That's the one."

She let out a soft chuckle before flashing him a smirk.

"Every day is fun with you, Naruto," she began, giving his arm a squeeze before turning her gaze back onto the jungle, prompting him to do the same after a few seconds. "I can honestly say that waking up every morning with you snoring next to me brings a smile onto my face."

Hearing her say that made him smile. He knew just how much of a slob he was when he woke up in the morning so having her tell him that she actually found that side of him endearing meant a lot to him. He had to say something back to her, he thought, to show her that he felt the same.

"I... Hm..." He stopped himself as he took a moment longer to think up a response. "I used to hate waking up, you know? I hated it the first few times you dragged me up here, but now... Well, I look forward to the mornings now. I look forward to sitting here with you and watching the sun rise."

"It seems that we have both had the same effect on each other," she pointed out. "I used to hate waking up as well. When I had told you that I wanted to watch the sun rise with you, that was just a spur of the moment thing I threw out."

He let out a soft chuckle. "Being impulsive has its positives."

"Mhm. It does."

With nothing else that they wanted to say, they both shared a pleasant moment of silence. It was her that broke it this time.

"I have been doing some more thinking these past few days."

"Oh?" He looked back at her and quirked a brow.

She looked back at him as well and nodded. "Yeah..."

"Do you want to share?"

She nodded once more.

"I do."

"Then go ahead." He smiled, causing her to smile back.

"Okay..." she said quietly to herself, taking a deep breath before speaking. "So... During this past month, I have opened up to you more than I have ever to anyone. You have seen sides of me no one else has. And instead of judging me, you accepted me, and made me feel good about the parts of me that I once looked at with disdain... Sorry if this seems too serious to be part of a morning conversation."

"It's not," he replied, offering her a reassuring smile. "If it is important to you to say it, then it is important for me to listen."

"You're so sweet..." She trailed off as a subtle blush made its way onto her cheeks. "I feel really lucky to have you all to myself, Naruto."

"Well I am the only other person on this island," he said teasingly, eliciting an amused snort from her.

"Yeah, well..."

Trailing off once again, she cleared her throat quietly before speaking.

"Anyways, I wanted to say that you've helped me deal with things that I did not think even needed dealing with. You have made me see myself in a whole new light," she began, her own words causing her to smile and for him to smile in kind. "I used to hate this form. I thought it was weak, frail, and unsightly. Hearing all your praise for it has instilled in me a confidence for it that I never had before. Now I think this form as beautiful, cute, and adorable. I want to thank you for that."

While what she said was true, she left out that the biggest reason why she now liked this form so much—because he liked it.

"I'm very glad to hear that," he replied, reaching up to give her soft scratch behind one of her ears.

She let out a quiet purr before chuckling. "I bet you are. It is not every day that one has the most powerful tailed beast say something that heartfelt."

"You've made my entire day just telling me that," said Naruto, grinning happily at her.

"Yes, well, I hope that what I will say next will make your entire week," she replied slowly, pursing her lips for a moment before saying his name. "Naruto..."

He took a quiet breath. "Yes?"

"After all you have done for me... Well, truth be told, I do not even know why I waited this long to tell you. Perhaps I just wanted to wait for the right moment," she began, her words prompting him to quirk a brow. "But I think that you are my equal. I have been thinking that for a while now. You may not be as strong as me or as venerable, but you are powerful in your own way. You have proven yourself to me."

His eyes widened slowly as he realized what she meant. "Does that mean you are going to be telling me your name?"

"Yes." She smiled sweetly at him. "You've earned it."

Blushing at the intense look at he was giving her, it took her a second to recover before she was finally able to tell him.

"It's Kyuumiko. That's my name, Naruto."

He found it fitting that her name contained the word nine in it since she was the Nine-Tailed Fox. Her name was quite long, which made sense since she was from an ancient time. He had nothing to complain about though. He was utterly elated that she now trusted him enough to tell him her name.

"Kyuumiko..." He whispered her name back to her as if she was some sort of god, or goddess in this case.

Her blush deepened when she heard him say her name. "I'm so happy to be able to hear you say my name, Naruto. I just knew that it would feel right hearing you say it."

Having heard her name, he wanted to push things a bit further while she was still in this happy mood of hers.

"Can I call you Kyuumi?" he asked, canting his head a bit to the side.

She blinked. "What... What?"

"Kyuumi," repeated Naruto. "It is a cute shortening of your name, don't you think?"

"Not even a minute and you already want to shorten it?" she asked, her tone incredulous. "Is Kyuumiko that long?"

Naruto shook his head. "No. It's not because your name is too long. I just find that... Well... Since we're so close to each other, wouldn't it be alright to call you by a nickname?"

"I... Hm..." Kyuumiko pursed her lips as she took a moment to think. "I mean... I guess we are close enough that I can stand you shortening my name. I really hope you do not expect me to start calling you Naru though. I think Naru sounds ridiculous. "

"It does." He nodded.

"Then alright... I guess Kyuumi isn't that bad... You did say that it was cute..." Trailing off, she then buried her face into his arm as her cheeks flushed. "Damn it, Naruto. Only you. I swear that it is only you that can make me feel like this. If anyone else had did what you just did, I would have ripped them in half. God himself could come down and call me by that, and I would still try to kill him. "

"Does that mean I'm special, Kyuumi?" he asked, nudging her gently with his elbow, causing her to look back up at him.

Kyuumiko swallowed quietly. "I guess it does..."

"How special?"

"Special enough..." she answered quietly, pursing her lips. "Why are you asking?"

"Because I think that there is something I should say as well," said Naruto, his tone serious, as he slowly turned to face her.

She blushed when she saw the intense look on his face. "Well... Like you said, if you have something to say, then I have something to listen to, Naruto."

"I hope that I'm not making you uncomfortable or anything," he replied, his gaze softening slightly.

"Not at all. Even now, I find you more comfortable to be with than anyone else that I have encountered," she said reassuringly in response, leaning forward to place one of her hands on his lap. "So please, Naruto, if you have something to tell me, please tell me."

"Sorry if comes out all jumbled."

Kyuumi offered him a calming smile. "I'm sure that I'll be able to decipher the meaning behind whatever have to say."

"Alright..." he murmured before taking a deep breath. "We've been friends for a little while now, but these past few days, I feel like... We've become something more."

"What do you mean?" she asked, pursing her lips.

"Well... Hm... Remember that first time we met, when my teacher had kicked me off that cliff to try, and get me to summon a giant toad?"

She nodded before letting out a soft chuckle. "I do... Heh... I can still remember what you were like. You were such a runt. The perfect stereotype of a monkey brat."

"I was a lot louder back then. Plus, I'm pretty sure the first thing I asked you was if you were willing to give me some of your power," he replied, smiling fondly at the memory, to which she smiled back.

"You made such a funny face when I outright said no." She let out a contented sigh. "It was always fun teasing you. It was the only source of entertainment I had in that cursed seal."

"I bet it was. Younger me might not have appreciated it, but I find it funny now that I'm looking back on it."

Kyuumi let out an amused snort. "Younger you would have had his head ripped off."

"Thankfully it all worked out in the end!" exclaimed Naruto with a smile, letting out a slightly nervous chuckle at her mentioning of his head being ripped off, his exaggerated reaction eliciting a soft giggle from her.

"Yes. It did. I'm still unsure how that happened," she replied with a snort.

"I think that is part of what I'm trying to say, Kyuumi. We may have hated each other back then but being on this island with just each other has brought us a lot closer together," he began, prompting her to quirk a brow. "The first thing you said to me when we got on this island was that I was a stupid monkey... Now, we sit here every morning with your head on my shoulder as we watch the sun rise. I don't know how it happened, but you're the closest person that I have now."

"You are too, Naruto... I don't think I have cared for anyone more in my entire life," she confessed, her cheeks flushing. "You're so kind, so humble, so sweet... I could not ask for a better person to spend time with on this island."

"Part of me wishes that the entire world could know just how you really are. They would be able to see that they were the ones in the wrong all this time," he began, pausing for a moment before shaking his head. "But, I'm selfish, Kyuumi. I'd be jealous if anyone else knew. I want to keep this side of you all to myself. I... Hm... I want you all to myself."

She parted her lips, but the only thing she could say was his name

"Naruto..."

"I don't think there are words to describe how I feel about you, Kyuumi," said Naruto, reaching forward, and placing both of his hands on her shoulders. "The more time I spend with you, the closer you get, but it still feels like you're far away somehow."

"Naruto," she said his name again, blushing when she felt his strong hands on her slender shoulders, before slowly leaning forward to place both of her hands on his cheeks, causing him to blush in kind. "I think that... I think that there are words to describe how you feel... How we both feel..."

He widened his eyes.

"Kyuumi..." Now it was his turn to be left speechless.

"I hadn't... Expected things to move this quickly. I had planned to just open up to you a bit more today by telling you my name," she began, rubbing her thumbs along his whiskers. "I thought that it would take much longer for it to come to this... I would have prepared more, but..."

She trailed off and turned her gaze downward, hesitating slightly as her will faltered. All it took to bolster it though was him giving both of her shoulders a soft, reassuring, squeeze. Feeling confident once again, she then looked back into his eyes, and smiled.

"I guess there is no preparing for things like this. Especially not when it's you, Naruto."

He swallowed quietly. "Kyuumi... You don't have to if you want to wait..."

"No... I need you to know now, Naruto..."

Trailing off, she leaned closer and closer towards him until there was just an inch of space between their lips. As she moved closer to him, he had slid his hands past his shoulders, and wrapped his arms around her upper-back while she had lifted herself onto his lap. With them so close to each other now, they could both feel the other's warm breath against them and take in the other's scent. He found that she smelled sweet like honey with just a hint of smoke, while she was happy to discover that up close, he smelled of the woods. While nothing was said for a few moments, neither of them needed the other to say it to know how the other felt as they gazed lovingly into each other's eyes.

She still said it anyways.

"I love you, Naruto."

As did he.

"I love you too, Kyuumi."

Licking her lips, she glanced down at his before looking back up into his eyes. "This is the part where you kiss me, right?"

Letting out an amused snort, Naruto flashed her a toothsome grin before gently placing one of her hands on the back of her head and pressing their lips together. They both closed their eyes just before finally kissed. Her lips were soft and plump, perhaps more so than her breasts as he pressed himself against both, and the way she held his cheeks encouraged him to kiss her even more fervently. Neither of them had ever kissed someone for real before, but where there was a lack of skill, passion and love was quick to fill it.

Even if their kiss was not, this moment was perfect for them both.

As things got a bit more heated, his growing confidence spurred him on to begin running his fingers through her hair and moving his other hand down to her exposed lower-back. When he brushed past one of her ears, she moaned softly against his lips, causing both to blush. Her having made such a cute sound seemed to encourage the both of them, causing them to channel even more of themselves into the kiss, to the point where things began to get hot and heavy. They continued expressing their love through this kiss until they were both left breathless.

When they finally parted, a slight trail of their saliva remained connected to both of their lips, causing both of their blushes to deepen.

Naruto was the first to recover.

"Kyuumi..."

She let out a quiet pant as she looked into his eyes. "I never knew... That a kiss could be like that..."

"Yeah..." he said breathily.

"I'm glad that it was you I fell in love with Naruto." The corners of her lips curved upwards to form a warm smile.

Naruto smiled back at her. "I love you too, Kyuumi."

"Gah... I wish you'd use my full name when you said that."

He let out a soft chuckle.

"I love you, Kyuumiko."

She blushed.

"I love you too, Naruto..."

A/N: Oh my! Looks like they finally confessed to each other. I guess they have moved up from good friends to boyfriend and girlfriend. Writing this chapter was actually kind of tough because I wanted to make it really good. Hopefully I succeeded... I would hate to rewrite it. Anyways, please follow, favourite, and review. I would love to hear some feedback about this chapter or the story overall! Take care! Thank you for reading!