AN: I'll be writing the present tense from now on, for his story and for most of my other ones. Sorry for the confusion and/or irritation you guys may have had while reading due to me jumping around from past tense to present tense.

And for those of you wondering, yes, I will update Broken. Don't ask when, for not even I know the answer to that question yet, but it definitely will be updated soon. I've just had more motivation to work on this story lately.

Elsewhere, a deadly and powerful kunoichi begins to come to her senses. She groans as her brain reactivates, which gives her the mother of all migraines.

Memories come back to her as she wonders what happened. All she can remember is fighting two characters in black cloaks with red clouds imprinted on them. She remembers how they... wouldn't die. No matter what she did to them they kept getting back up...

She opens her eyes and finds herself in a room with white walls and white floors. She also realizes that she's in a hospital bed, telling by the beeping of her heartbeat sensor and the guard rails at the sides of her bed.

She drags her unfocused eyes up more, and is welcome to see a man wearing a green vest. Her eyes focuses a bit more, and she's able to make out the spiky ponytail and the Hitai-ate wrapped around his left arm.

"Konoha-nin..." She murmurs in her mind.

"You're finally awake." He says.

Yugito narrows her eyes and puts herself into defense mode, making sure not to trust this unknown person. She reaches near her hip for a kunai, but realizes that she's only in a hospital gown.

Nevertheless, she feels ready to defend herself if things begin to escalate, "Who are you? And where am I?" She demands.

Shikamaru chuckles dryly, "First off, relax. I don't have any intention to harm you, or threaten you."

She scoffs, "Yeah, right..."

"My name is Nara Shikamaru. And as it's kind of obvious to tell, you're in a hospital, being treated for your wounds and injuries."

She doesn't appreciate his tone, "Okay smart guy, since you know everything, why am I here? Are you working with those guys wearing black cloaks with red clouds on them?"

"No. We saved you from those guys. You blacked out while fighting them. Had it not have been for us, you'd probably be dead right now." He replies.

Yugito can see how that story adds up, but isn't convinced, "I don't believe you. Why would you guys save me? You're Konoha-nin, what can you possibly gain from helping me?"

Shikamaru sighs. He can tell that this woman will be troublesome, "It's not so much about what Konoha can gain from helping you, more like what the world can gain from keeping you out of the hands of those guys wearing those cloaks."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Shikamaru groans. Not only is he not in the best of moods at this point in his life, explaining things to people has never been something he particularly enjoys, "Those guys you were fighting? They're part of a strong criminal organization called Akatsuki. They hunt down and capture people like you for a specific purpose that is unclear to everyone except them."

She narrows her eyes, "What do you mean 'people like me'?"

He stares at her, "We know that you're a Jinchuuriki, the container of The Two-Tailed Demon Cat, to be exact. And the Akatsuki wish to acquire all Jinchuuriki to extract the Tailed Beasts from them, for a massive scheme that is likely to be destructive to mankind."

"That sounds like a big deal."

"It is."

"So how come no one in Kumogakure knows about this so called 'organization' if it's such a threat to everyone?"

"Because everyone in Kumo are so ignorant to the world around them, I'm assuming." He almost says out loud, "Beats me, you guys should have been informed about Akatsuki capturing the One-Tails, who's container was the Kazekage of Suna."

"I heard he died."

"No, he's alive because of us. But he would have died by the hands of the Akatsuki had we not have shown up."

"But didn't you just say that this 'Akatsuki' group took the One-Tails from him? From what you're saying, I'm assuming that kills you."

"It does. We were too late to save the One-Tails, and the Kazekage had, in fact, died. But he was revived via a forbidden jutsu. Someone sacrificed their life to bring him back."

"I see." Yugito says. Her guard never dropped throughout this conversation, "I wanna say that you're full of crap, but this doesn't sound like something someone can just make up."

"Nothing is being made up here, I give you my word as a shinobi on that. We saved you because we don't want anymore Tailed Beasts to fall into the hands of the Akatsuki. I don't know how you guys over at Kumo never heard about Akatsuki, but they're dangerous. And if they get their hands on all the Tailed Beasts, all hell will break loose. They've already tried to capture our own Jinchuuriki, but failed."

"So you have a Jinchuuriki as well."

"Yeah. How are you not aware of these things?"

Yugito crinkles her nose, "We at Kumo like to worry about ourselves. We don't feel it's necessary to go worrying about matters that don't pertain to us."

Shikamaru rubs his head, "But don't you think that it's a good idea to keep an eye out for things? Look at you for example, I'm sure if you had intel on the Akatsuki, you'd be more prepared for that fight you had."

"Listen, if you have a problem with how things run in Kumo, then speak to the Raikage. He probably knows everything you just told me anyway." She says dismissively.

Shikamaru sighs, then shrugs, "Never mind. Anyway, you'll be checked up on by the Hokage in a few hours, then she'll decide if she thinks it's okay for you to leave bed rest. You'll be able to walk freely around Konoha. Under surveillance, and you'll be equipped with chakra suppressors, of course."

Yugito sneers, "Why don't you just let me go back home? You're not keeping me captive, or planning to interrogate me, right? 'Cause if you are, tha-"

"We're not planning on doing any of that. We plan to keep you here, safe in Konoha for now, and the Hokage will set an appointment to speak to the Raikage. The Akatsuki may try to capture you again if you go back out there, and-"

"Tsk, those Akatsuki guys only got me because I was off guard. I can handle myself if they try something again."

"Yeah, well, better safe than sorry. We don't want to risk the Akatsuki getting another Tailed Beast, so we'll keep you here safe and sound. And the Hokage really wishes to speak with the Raikage, so keeping you here will give him more of an incentive to set an appointment."

Yugito stares him in the eyes, "And what if I decide to just break out of here right now?"

Shikamaru gave an intrigued smirk, "Don't. We've held our own against the Nine-Tails and the One-Tail in the past, so I'm pretty sure we can handle the Two-Tails as well. That, and we've already went ahead to set seals on your chakra coils to make sure you didn't do anything dumb."

Yugito may be a confident and powerful kunoichi, but she's not stupid. She knows that her Two-Tails chakra could break out out of the seals placed on her, but she also knows risking death, and possibly sparking a war between Konoha and Kumo would be just plain unethical.

"Whatever."

The Shadow Manipulator gives a small chuckle and starts walking for the door, "The Hokage will see you in a few hours. Try not to be too much of a pain."

Yugito could only roll her eyes as she leans back into her bed's pillow.

"...Well?" Anko prompts, a bit annoyed from the awkward silence after she'd finished talking, "Say something!"

"... I still can't believe you... did things with Naruto..." Kurenai mumbles with raised eyebrows.

"Shut up, Naruto may still be a Genin, but he's an adult just like us. Don't be so quick to judge because he's young."

"I'm not judging, I just don't think I'd ever date someone half my age..." Kurenai responds. A weird feeling washes over her for less than a second as she says that. "It'd feel like I'm dating one of my students..."

"Well, I don't care about that, he's a good guy... When he's not busy being a damn asshole." Anko grunts with crossed arms.

"I'm sure he didn't mean to hurt you, Anko. I may not know Naruto too much, but I know he's a very sincere person with no cruel intentions. He must be a good guy if my student Hinata is infatuated with him." Kurenai grins, "Whom, by the way, you may have competition with. Hinata has had her eyes on him for a long time."

"Bah." She spits, "Right now, I feel like she can have him. That no good, ungrateful little..."

"You don't mean that."

"Yeah, I do. What he did last night was a big 'screw you' to me. This is why I never open up to anyone."

Kurenai thinks for a second, "Hm... You said he had relations with someone else before meeting with you?" Anko nods, "Did he know that you had an interest in him beforehand?"

"Yes! Well... Maybe not, actually... I haven't really shown that I liked him until then... But still!"

Kurenai raises her hands defensively, "I'm not saying he's right for it, but at least give him a little credit for confessing before he went through with having sex with you. If he was really a jerk, he'd have told you afterwords, or even not at all."

"But I kissed him and even sucked his dick!"

Kurenai blushes, shaking her head rapidly, signaling her friend that that was way too much information.

"Sorry... But you know that I'm not the 'dating' or 'hooking up' type of gal. I haven't had sex or kissed a guy in seven years! And I damn sure have never put a penis anywhere near my mouth until yesterday. I thought I was doing something special for him, but he ended up making me feel like a slut! Argh, I just wanna carve every letter of the alphabet in his chest with a kunai!"

Kurenai makes a gesture for her to calm down, "I can see why you feel his way. Did he tell you to do those things for him?"

"No, I did it on my own free will."

"Did he even make the first move on you?"

"No..."

"So basically, you were the one that started everything..."

Anko narrows her eyes, "Listen Kurenai, you're supposed to be my friend and side with me, not defend that little prick and make me feel like I did something wrong."

Kurenai chuckles, "I'm not defending him, I'm just keeping my view unbiased so I can give you proper advice. That's what friends are supposed to do." She says.

Anko rolls her eyes, she hates when Kurenai ends up being right, "Whatever. Okay, yes, I was the one that was pushing up against him first. Yes, I didn't even drop big hints that I liked him until we were both drinking. And yes, I did everything to and for him on my own accord. I realize this, but I can't help but feel like he's the dick in this situation." Anko admits.

"Well, I'm not saying that Naruto is completely right for doing what he did." Kurenai starts, "He could have told you earlier, before you, ehrm, did him that favor... And I'm not saying you're wrong for feeling hurt or having any negative feelings toward him. But I think you should cut him just a little slack."

"And why should I do that?" Anko retorts.

"Because, it's not all his fault. Yes, he's not really innocent for it, but he didn't know you had feelings for him when he had sex with whoever it was he had sex with. So it's not like he cheated on you, meant to hurt you, or just didn't care about your feelings. I don't know what kind of relationship he has with that other woman, but you did tell me that he said that they weren't dating, so I'm assuming that it was just a one-time thing, especially if he accepted your proposal to be committed to you. And, again, he did confess before you two both had sex, which means he has enough morality to feel that going that far with you after he just did it with someone else would be wrong. I'm sure he really cares about you if he was willing to do that, especially if he did it in the heat of the moment. Not to mention that you both were drinking."

"But I sucked his dick!" Anko exclaims again, making Kurenai uncomfortable, "I opened up to him, showed that I care about him, which is a big deal to me, considering I don't do that for a lot of people! And I was willing to put my heart on the line for him... So why did he hurt me...?"

Kurenai hasn't seen Anko cry since they were kids. Anko tries to hide it by burying her face into her palms, but it's fairly obvious that Anko is, not necessarily sobbing or bawling her eyes out, but just couldn't hold back the excessive liquid building in her tear ducts.

Kurenai walks over to Anko and wraps an arm over her, "He didn't mean to, I know he didn't." She says softly, "I'm sure he feels bad about it, thinking about you to this very moment. I know he probably wants to talk to you, and I think you should let him. Let him tell you what was going on in his mind, because I'm sure you didn't give him a chance to."

"Nope..." Anko mumbles through her hands. Kurenai chuckles.

"So next time you see him, don't carve the alphabet into his chest, just talk to him. I'm sure he likes you too, and wants things to work out."

For the next couple of minutes, only Anko's sniffles and Kurenai's small whispers of consolation fills the room while Kurenai rubs her back.

Naruto stops himself at Tsunade's office door and thinks to himself, "Okay... You were close to telling her about it yesterday, so there's no reason to be scared now, Naruto. Telling her the truth will be what's best..." He motivates himself. He takes a deep breath and knocks on the door, with Tsunade exclaiming 'Enter!' the next second. Naruto pushes past his hesitation and opens the door.

"Hello, Naruto-kun." She greets, apparently taking a break from paperwork, as she's standing in front of her desk, half-sitting on the hardwood furniture, "What can I help you with?"

Naruto swallows the lump in his throat, "Do you have time to talk?"

Tsunade nods slowly, he's never asked her this in the three years they've known each other, "Yeah, sure, Naruto. What do you want to talk about?"

The Uzumaki manages to push back his hesitation again, "I have a confession to make..."

At this, Tsunade's facial expression goes from mildly confused, to unreadable.

"You want to inform me that Sakura didn't die at the hands of Orochimaru on that mission a few days ago, don't you?"

Naruto wasn't ready to hear her say that.

"H-How do you... Did someone already tell you...?" He asks with his voice dripping with absolute shock.

Tsunade shakes her head, "I've inspected Sakura's body after you recovered her from your mission. There were two things that I noticed were off about the intel I received regarding how she was left in that condition. For one thing, Orochimaru, nor any of his summonings, seem like the kind to leave wounds like those upon her body. She seemed as if she were attacked by some kind of beast, not by a shinobi or a snake of any kind. And secondly, after further analyzing her, I found faint traces of the Kyuubi's chakra on her body and in her wounds."

Naruto tries hard to read Tsunade's face and tone of voice, to tell whether she's angry with him or not. But they both seem flat and unreadable, something that increases Naruto's heart rate a bit. But he closes his eyes and hangs his head upon realizing that Tsunade knew the truth all along, "... I'm sorry for not telling you earlier. I was scared, and I..." Naruto stops, letting his sentence die in his mouth.

Tsunade crosses her arms, "Naruto, you're not supposed to lie to the Hokage about anything. Your duty as a shinobi is to carry out tasks for me, and to report accurate and honest information afterwords. Lying to the Hokage can be seen as an act of treason, and treason is by no means acceptable, and can be punishable by a jail sentence, or even execution."

Naruto flinches, preparing himself for what's about to come. He had already disappointed Ino, Anko, and now Tsunade. Maybe it's about time karma comes for him already.

She unfolds her arms and looks at him sympathetically, something Naruto misses due to his hung head, "But, for you Naruto, I'll make an exception."

Naruto immediately looks up at her, "Huh?"

"I said I'll make an exception for you, since I know you didn't mean any harm by it. I know you were scared. I know it was an accident. And most of all, I know it wasn't your fault. You didn't kill Sakura, the Kyuubi broke free somewhat, and Sakura unfortunately happened to be it's target. I know you, Naruto, and I know you feel terrible because of what happened. Sending you to jail, exiling, and especially executing you is something I wouldn't be able to live with if I went through with doing such a thing. You're like my son, Naruto, and punishing you for something like that is something I can't see myself doing."

Naruto can't find what he wants to say for a while, "...B-But, what about the council? They'll definitely-"

"Screw the council." She spits, "If Danzo can get away with lying to me, then so should you. But since their numbers would likely outnumber mine, I feel it may be best if they remained ignorant to this situation."

Naruto smiles, "Thank you, Tsunade-sama."

Tsunade snickers, "It sounds weird for you to call me that. Just call me Baa-chan."

Naruto smiles and hugs his surrogate mother.

"I will, however, give you a warning." Says Tsunade after they separate, "Don't lie to me again. You can be honest with me, Naruto-kun."

Naruto nods, "Okay."

"Is that what you wanted to talk to me about yesterday? Before Ino stepped into the room?"

"Yeah."

"Speaking of Ino... Did you get to talk to her?" She asks.

Naruto nods and sighs, "Yeah, but I couldn't convince her not to quit. She's more stubborn than I am."

Tsunade frowns, "You did what you could, but in the end, it's Ino's decision. If this is really what she wants, then we'll just have to accept that."

"I guess..." Naruto mumbles, "I'll see you later, Baa-chan. I still have some training I need to do."

Tsunade nods, "Good luck."

*The next day*

The sunlight from the rising sun gently taps upon Naruto's eyelids, waking him up from his slumber. With his eyes still closed, he sits up in his bed and rubs his eyes. His body feels tired, and a bit run down, after all the training he did yesterday. And even though Kakashi warned him and suggested he resume his training another day, the exhaustion he feels right now paid off. He's only one step away from creating a new, original juts-"

"Holy shit!" Naruto shouts upon opening his eyes. "A-Anko...?!"

Anko, who's currently sitting on his bed beside him, gives him a smirk, "Good morning, Naruto-kun."

Naruto places a hand over his pounding heart, "Kami, Anko... You gave me a heart attack..."

He then realizes that Anko, is in his home.

Anko.

The crazy snake lady who almost skewered him over dango a few years ago.

Who is also the person that he pissed off the night before yesterday.

And now she's here. Right next to him.

With a kunai in her hand.

"Err... Um, A-Anko, listen... Ah, about what happened that night... I-"

She places a hand over his mouth, giving him a mischievous smile that makes his hairs stand on end, "Sshhh... Relax, Naruto-kun. I'm not going to hurt you right now."

"Right now..." He gulps.

"I just wanna talk to you, that's all." She says, smiling at the kunai in the hand that currently isn't over Naruto's mouth. Naruto's nervousness continues to increase every second Anko remains next to him.

"Now, I've been doing some thinking, and I've come to the conclusion that it wasn't fair to threaten you and kick you out of my apartment without letting you explain yourself. Especially since you were so honest as to tell me that you fucked some other women right before you were about to have sex with me." She tells him, twirling the kunai around her finger.

"O-Oh... Well, if all you want to do is talk, why do you have a kun-?"

"Don't worry about that. Now, I was ready to give you the time of your life. I may be a little old, and I may not have had sex in a little over seven years, but I am by no means rusty when it comes to showing a man a good time. But you had to go ahead and sleep with some other chick, prior to getting with me."

"But-"

"Now I'm not saying that all the blame goes to you. You are single, and you have a right to do whatever you please with whoever. And it's not like I made it easy, especially for someone like you, to see that I have an interest for you."

"...Are you calling me dumb?"

"Yes. Yes I am." She says, looking at him. "However... I put my feelings out there for you that day. Yes, I was drunk, and I probably wouldn't have done it if I was sober, mainly because talking about things like that ain't particularly my cup of tea. But I did mean everything I said. And while you accepted to be in a relationship with me, you allowed me to suck you off, one of the things that Anko Mitarashi has never done for another male in her life. And right before we were about to potentially break my mattress together, you decide to inform me that you had a piece of blonde tail beforehand. Now if it was a few weeks beforehand, or even a few days, I wouldn't have minded much. But it was literally a few hours before we came back to my apartment."

"Anko... I'm sor-"

"I mean, you gotta understand that in my mind, you made me feel like a whore for putting your penis in my mouth a few minutes beforehand, when another girl possibly did the same thing."

"I know, I'm sor-"

"And yeah, you did hurt me that night. And I don't get hurt often, if at all. So now you should understand why it'd be appropriate for me to carve my name into your chest with this kunai." She stops twirling the sharp object around her finger.

Naruto drops his nervousness, then lays back down onto his pillow, "...So do it."

"Hm?"

"I said so do it. If it'll make us even, I'll let you do it. I'll even do it myself if you want."

Anko chuckles, "So noble. I respect that." She says, "But if I wanted to hurt you, it would have happened already, Naruto-kun. If I really wanted to, I could have killed you as soon as you told me about you sleeping with that Yamanaka girl. Drunk or not, all I had to do was move that kunai I scratched your cheek with around two inches to the left, and bam, no more Naruto."

Naruto sweatdrops.

"But see, I didn't do it because I like you. Something told me that you didn't mean to hurt me. That I have no legitimate reason for hating you. And that's why I'm here right now, to get your side of the story, so we can have a better understanding of the situation. I'd be wrong if I didn't give you a chance to explain."

"Oh. So you just want my side of the story?"

Anko nods, "Yep. But before you do that, I have some questions that need to be answered."

"Er, okay."

"First question; what's your relationship with what's-her-name?"

"Her name's Ino. And we're just friends. Even though we did what we did, we decided that it was a mistake and that we should just act as though it never happened."

"Mm-hmm." She nods, "Okay, second question; did she suck you off, too?"

"H-Huh?! Why is that an important ques-"

"Did. She suck. Your penis. As well?" Anko repeats with a glare made of steel. Naruto gulps.

"N-No..."

Anko's cold glare then flips into a cheesy grin, "Good boy. Third question; Did you wear a condom?"

"..."

"...I asked you a question, Naruto."

Naruto looks at her, then looks away.

"...You're joking." She says flatly, "You slept with her raw?!"

Naruto flinches at her loud outburst, "S-She said that she was on that birth control jutsu thing!" Naruto testifies.

"No shit! Every kunoichi is ordered to be put on birth control while active! I'm not worried about her getting pregnant!" She suddenly points the kunai a half of an inch away from his neck.

"Aah! So what's the problem?!"

Anko tries to calm herself down a bit, "...Naruto, please tell me that you showered before you left that flower shop."

"Yes!"

She snaps her head back at him, pressing the blade against the side of his neck, "Are you freakin' lying to me?!"

"N-No!"

"I swear to God, if you're bullshitting me right now... I'll be damned if I get the taste of another woman in my mouth!"

"Anko, I'm not lying! I've never lied to you before, and I won't start now!" He pleads, feeling the blade sink deeper into his skin.

Anko looks at him, then smiles, "Good answer, Naruto-kun. I believe you. For now, at least."

"...She's absolutely nuts...!" Naruto thinks to himself while watching Anko lick his blood of the kunai she cut him with. Her tongue glides against the sharp edge of it, possibly cutting her own tongue with it.

Despite this, "Anko, are you done with the questions? I really want to explain my side of the story..." He clears his throat, "If you don't mind, that is..."

She retracts her tongue back into her mouth and palms her weapon, "Okay. Get to explaining."

Naruto sighs, holding his now bleeding neck, "Okay... Yesterday, I went to go tell Tsunade the truth about how Sakura died. Before I got a chance to tell her, Ino came in and looked really depressed. Come to find out, her sensei, Asuma Sorutobi died. And I'm not sure if you know, but Sakura was Ino's best friend, she was probably closer to her than I was. So Tsunade talked to us about how loved ones can die when you least expect it. And after that, Ino comes out and says that she wants to quit being a kunoichi. I tried to convince her not to do this, but she had her mind set. I chased her out of the tower, and eventually got her to talk to me inside of her flower shop. We talked and talked about it, and I ended up trying to help her cope with Asuma's and Sakura's deaths... One thing lead to another, and... well..."

"You guys screwed." Anko finishes blatantly.

Naruto flinches a bit, "We were both hurting. I managed to help her feel better, just like how you helped me a few days ago. And, I don't know, it just... happened."

Anko stares at him blankly for a little over a moment, making him uncomfortable, "... I see."

The air becomes quiet for a while.

"...So..." Naruto mumbles.

"So, what?"

"I told you what happened... Now what?"

Anko doesn't respond right away, "Let me ask you another question."

"Okay..."

"Do you like me?"

"Y-"

"Now before you answer this question, I want you to seriously think about it. Do you really like me, the same way I like you? I'm willing to let that situation go, but first I want to see if we have mutual feelings for each other, because right now, I'm not so sure."

Naruto does as he's told and thinks about it, "... Yes, I do like you."

"Why?"

Naruto takes a deep breath, "Because, you're a really great person. You helped me, basically saved me, from a very tough time in my life. That's something I'll never forget. After the past few days of us hanging out and stuff, I began to see you in a new light. I used to think that you were scary, creepy, and just downright insane, and no offense, I still do, kinda..."

At this, Anko can't help but chuckle.

"But you're really nice. You're fun to be around, you give great advice, and you're not afraid to give someone a push when they need it. I feel like we can build something special if we were, I don't know, together..." He mumbles.

"... But you weren't thinking about that when you had sex with Ino."

Naruto frowns, "Anko, I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking about anything at that time. I know this is gonna sound lame, and it pretty much is, but my mind was blank, and my body kinda just moved on autopilot. We were both hurting, and I really don't know what got into me. It was a mistake, Ino and I both see that."

"And who's to say that another one of these 'mistakes' wont happen again if we do end up together?" Anko looks him right in his pupils, "You hurt me really bad last night, Naruto. And we aren't even together. So imagine how hurt I'd feel if it happens while we are together. I just-"

Naruto sits up and plants a kiss on her.

They don't know how long the kiss lasts, but they know it doesn't feel like the one they shared last night. It feels different, more meaningful.

They both depart, and look each other in the eyes.

For once, Anko finds herself speechless.

"It wont happen again." Naruto says, "I didn't know you liked me then. And if I did, I'm sure what happened between Ino and I would have never happened."

Anko finds herself having trouble gathering the words she wanted to reply with, something she's not used to, "I... Ahem... Y-You better not be bullshitting me..."

One of the rarest things to see in the world is to see Anko Mitarashi blush from embarrassment, something Naruto becomes a witness to today, "I'm not." He says with a small smile.

Anko's blush quickly fades away, and Naruto finds a kunai against his throat, "Because if you were to cheat on me... I would kill you."

Naruto sweatdrops, "That's a little extreme, don't you think...?"

Anko glares at him, "If you really want to date me, you'll promise me that you would never cheat on me. I know how you are with your promises."

Naruto stares directly in her eyes, "I promise. If I were to cheat on you, I give you permission to slit my throat with that kunai."

Anko continues to hold the blade up to his throat for a while, before lowering her arm.

She then kisses him, dropping the kunai onto the hardwood floor. She passionately connects her lips to his, threading her fingers in his gold locks.

She then moves her face away from his.

"...You're one of the first to ever get this close to me... Please don't make me regret it."

"I wont". He promises. The kiss then resumes, and soon, the new couples finds themselves on Naruto's bed, with Anko on top of him.

Her kisses move south, until they stop at his neck, where she licks and sucks up all the blood away from his wound and skin.

Naruto winces a bit, "T-That stings..." He mumbles as Anko sucks and licks his blood directly from the wound.

"Get over it." She replies with a grin before resuming. Naruto then rolls over, so that he's on top. He lifts his torso up and gives Anko a peck on the lips.

"So... Are we gonna pick up where we left o-"

"I'm on my period." Anko says.

Naruto pauses, "...Are you serious?"

Anko nods, "Yep. Found out this morning."

"...Are you lying to me?"

"No. Do you wanna check? It looks like a murder scene down there."

"That's absolutely disgusting."

"It's the female body, get over it."

Naruto hangs his head, something that makes Anko chuckle, "You've had enough action for one week anyway, lover boy. Besides, you deserve to wait. Think of it as your punishment."

Naruto can't help but laugh, "Okay, Anko-chan, I-"

She lightly smacks him, "You don't learn your lesson, do you? Boyfriend or not, you're still not allowed to call me 'Anko-chan'."

Naruto gets off of her, allowing them both to sit up, "Well, what about Anko-hime?"

"Definitely not."

"What about Honey?"

"No."

"Dear?"

"Nope.

"What about Babe?"

"...I'll think about it."

"Love?"

"Nuh-uh."

"Sweetie?"

"Hell no."

"Sugar dumpling?"

"...What."

"Baby cakes?"

"I'm gonna smack you."

"My little sweet cherry pie with whipped cream on top?"

"Get out."