Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. That's Sasuke`s job. Burn Naruto Burn lol.
Naruto: I'll show you Rasengan!
Omg you just broke my laptop start the story.
Chapter 4: Bed, breakfast and a meeting.
Sitting in his apartment Naruto thought about the events that took place yesterday.
He couldn't believe He kissed Hinata Hyuuga. Life couldn't get any better, he was on his way to become Hokage, he was a national hero, his best friend was back he was killing it with the ladies and his pervert teacher had offered to take his former team to lunch later that day. Everything was as awesome as awesome could be.
Naruto figured he should probably talk to Hinata to see where they stand. Picking up the phone he dialed the Hyuuga mansion,
"Hello?" someone answered "Hi is Hinata around?" He questioned. the line beeped 2 times and started ringing again
"Hello?" a feminine voice answered. "Hi, Hinata." Naruto jovially replied
"May I ask who`s calling?" Hinata asked "It's me Naruto." Naruto explained.
"Naruto! Whaa... why're you calling?" She asked shocked "well I wanted to see how you were doing and, ask what you're doing today." He informed the shy heiress.
"Well I`m fine and, Im not doing anything today since I don't have a mission and Sakura`s back at the hospital." She answered the hyperactive ninja`s question. "Oh ok sounds boring." He replied uninterestedly. "Hey do you wanna grab some breakfast with me?" He asked an idea popping in his head.
"Um I don't know Naruto I was supposed to eat with my family." She replied nervously "Oh come on It`ll be fun besides you eat with them every day." The blond tried persuading the Hyuuga heiress. "Um I guess I could…" Hinata trailed off halfheartedly agreeing. "Great I'll pick you up in an hour." Naruto planned hanging up.
He rushed into his bedroom and looked in his closet for his trusty jumpsuit when a thought occurred to him.
"Wait Hinata isn't just any girl I can't wear what I always wear." He thought to himself. He pushed aside his usual wardrobe and reached for a long-sleeved black shirt with a small orange whirlpool symbol on the sleeve. He also opted out of orange pants and went for black cargo pants. Overall he was satisfied with his choice of clothing true it lacked the usual amount of orange that made him stand out but, maybe it was time he went for a more conservative look.
He also grabbed a comb and scissors off of his dresser looking in the mirror he started to trim the stray strands of hair sticking out until he almost couldn't recognize the person standing across from him.
Grabbing his wallet he walked out the door to head over to the Hyuuga mansion to pick up his breakfast date.
Walking through the village early in the morning he noticed a lot of people bustling about doing one thing or another.
he never knew the village could be so lively in the morning since he typically slept in. he caught the attention of several women who were doing one thing or another.
"Hey stranger who are you?" "Call me handsome." "Can I get some sauce on that steak?" He never thought girls could be so forward.
He arrived at the Hyuuga mansion and rang the doorbell moments later a mini Hinata answered the door. She gave him a once over. "Hello." She greeted grabbing him by the arm and dragging him inside the mansion.
"Uh hi, Im here for Hinata." He tried explained hoping to get her to loosen her grip. "Oh don't worry about her." The mini Hyuuga replied dragging him into a room and throwing him in a chair. She tied him up with ropes she seemingly pulled out of thin air.
"Uh I don't think I should be here." Naruto stated starting to panic. "Well we could do this the easy way or the hard way." She replied fingering a kunai "I can be very persuasive." She explained sitting on his lap caressing his cheek.
"Help! I don't wanna be here." Naruto screamed hoping someone could hear him. Just then Hinata walked through the door putting on earrings. "Hey Hanabi who was at the door?" she questioned looking for her younger sister.
"Omg Let him go!" She yelled noticing Naruto tied up with her sister sitting on him. "But He's cute." Hanabi pouted getting off of Narutos lap cutting the ropes.
Naruto promptly hid behind Hinata for protection. "What did we talk about? You can't go around raping people, are you ok sir?" She asked looking at him. "Don't be silly Hinata it's me Naruto." He explained laughing nervously. "Naruto!" Both girls replied simultaneously jaws hanging open. "Yeah do I really look that different?" He asked looking at his clothes.
"You mean this Naruto?" Hanabi asked holding up an older picture of Naruto with the eyes stabbed out. "Yeah why`re my eyes like that?" He asked only for Hanabi to attack him screaming you got me in trouble!
Hinata ushered Naruto out of the room and into her room where she sat him down on the bed. "Wait here I have to finish getting ready." She said walking into the connecting bathroom closing the door.
He had a look around her bedroom it was huge and very neat the walls were a shade of off white and her bed a bright purple. She had a computer desk with a laptop sitting out and a dresser with a large mirror sitting on top. Naruto looked at his watch and figured if she didn't hurry they were gonna be a little late.
Out walked Hinata and Naruto could've sworn his jaw hit the ground. She wore a yellow t shirt with short sleeves and a low dipping neck line with a simple heart necklace that stopped just above her cleavage. As well as a pair of jeans that hugged her figure in all the right places. Needless to say she was stunning her hair was straight down her back and she had on just a touch of lip gloss, there was also a tinge of blush on her cheeks whether makeup or not Naruto didn't care it made her that much more beautiful in his eyes.
"Wow Hinata you look….. Great." He complimented the Hyuuga heiress. "Thanks Naruto you look good yourself." She returned the compliment. Blushing even more. "Well shall we go?" Naruto asked getting ready to leave allowing Hinata to walk out before him but, he noticed something on the back of her pants.
"Hey Hinata there`s something there on the back of your pants." he bent down to wipe it off. Just then Neji walked through the door. "Hinata sama…." He paused noticing the awkward position his cousin and this stranger was in. "Neji…..." Hinata questioned, at that Naruto looked up his hand still on her bottom. "Oh hi Neji! hey why is your eye twitching?" He asked just then Neji Jumped at him attempting to eight trigrams Naruto to death. "Pervert!" Neji Hissed while Naruto feebly tried to defend himself.
Hinata threw herself in between the two Naruto, who was lying on the ground with Neji standing over him tried to explain with Neji throwing blow after blow. Hinata who was trying to protect Naruto ended up in his lap somehow. When Hanabi walked in, she took one look at the scene and jumped on Neji's back to try and stop him. "Neji Stop being a stupid head they`re in love." Hanabi screamed hanging from his back, with Naruto and Hinata still lying on the floor.
Just then Hiashi walked in with a bowl of cereal and took one look at the scene unfolding in front of him and turned back around and walked right out the door. No one endangers his cereal he thought retreating to his room. That was one problem he didn't need.
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Sasuke woke up to find himself on the couch confused as to why he fell asleep there he thought back to what he was doing the previous night.
Flashback!
"So Tsunade told me From now on I would be in charge of running the hospital since she had nothing left to teach me." Sakura was explaining to Sasuke how she became head medical ninja.
"So how`s the rebuild coming?" Sakura asked a small smile on her face enjoying the time she was spending with the last Uchiha survivor.
He got up and walked over to a window on the other side of his living room and pointed. Sakura got up to take a look out of the window and what she laid her eyes on was amazing. There were seven beautiful buildings already fully restored to their previous glory one of which, appeared to be the former police academy and another a small dojo with the remaining appearing to be homes. "Wow you did all of that?" she asked aghast. "Had a lot of free time." He replied taking his earlier seat on the couch Sakura plopping down next to him.
The two were watching movies in Sasuke`s apartment after they had dinner at ichirakus. Sakura was utterly surprised at his forwardness Sasuke was known for being antisocial but he was making a genuine effort to be nice to her.
"You know Sakura today was actually fun." He stated casually throwing an arm around her and picking up the remote so the two could watch some more T.V
End flashback!
Sasuke was trying to figure out why his couch was so warm and comfortable, he looked down to see Sakura snuggled up into his chest. Leaning back he wondered what he was doing there.
He didn't want to use Sakura for his own personal goals but, he needed to find a suitable partner to help rebuild the Uchiha clan and, who better than his former teammate who doesn't bother him as much as the rest of the kunoichi population.
She snuggled in closer to his chest fast asleep and he looked down at her to stare at her sleeping visage. Was she the one destined to claim his heart or was it just convenient for the two.
Obviously she had been through a lot since he first left the village so many things have happened and there was no one for her to rely on. He was busy chasing power and revenge, Naruto was chasing him and power, and Kakashi was leading another team. He thought about the pain he put her through but she remained loyal because she genuinely cared for him.
"I don't deserve her." He thought to himself baffled by how he had it so good after he's done so much bad.
Just then Sakura stirred from her sleep. She looked around for a second getting her bearings then looking up at him from her snuggled position she blushed a little.
"Good morning Sasuke." She half yawned out. He smiled at her morning cuteness. She untangled herself from him to go to the restroom but he grabbed her and pulled her back down to the couch with him.
"Sasuke! I have to go." She gave a start.
"Come back to me." He replied letting her go. She smiled and felt her face turn red as she walked away barefooted. Sasuke decided to save his reservations for another time, he would just let whatever happened happen. And if Sakura was the one for him he was gonna ensure that things were different this time around.
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"So I was standing there and about to eat the last chip when Choji seemingly flew out of nowhere and tackled me taking my chip and running away."
Hinata stifled a giggle as Naruto was explaining what brought him to the hospital a previous time. "I swear I wish they sold bags of the last one so he could leave me alone ne."
They were sitting in a breakfast restaurant near Hokage tower better known as the pricey district. The two young shinobi had a booth all to themselves and were enjoying each other's company while they waited for their food to show up.
"Say Hinata, Why did you become medical shinobi?" Naruto asked the Hyuuga heiress. "Well after the war the need for combat shinobi decreased and since the war automatically adds 5 years of service to anyone`s enlisted time a lot of medics were able to retire. So I was asked to resign from my team and join the Hospital staff." She explained there food finally arriving.
"Itadakimasu! I bet your team was bummed." Naruto exclaimed while digging in. Hinata had to suppress another giggle at the way he was eating.
"Yeah, with our sensei already gone there was no longer a reason for team 8 to stay together after I left so, Shino joined anbu and Kiba applied to be an instructor to take a team of his own. But currently he`s been on a Chunin team led by Neji taking on A and S ranked missions." She finished finally taking a bite of her own food. "I thought Neji was anbu?" Naruto asked confused. "He still is but he`s been on special assignments for the hokage so he's been leading a few teams as a jounin." Hinata explained. "I never thought about taking a team but granny Tsunade wants me to. She said it`ll look good on me as a candidate for hokage." He replied.
"So that would explain why you`re taking basic medical classes?" Hinata asked. "Yeah it's one of the requirements for becoming a Jounin you have to have at least a basic knowledge of Medical ninjutsu." He answered wolfing down more of his meal.
"So why isn't Sasuke taking classes? Does he not want to be promoted?" She asked "Nah he said he already knows the basics from Orochimaru. Besides, he said there`s no need for him to move through the ranks since after this mission he`s gonna be working with Anbu until the council approves him to restart the Konoha police force." Naruto answered finishing his food.
"What about you Hinata I always figured you were the type to wanna give back by taking a team of your own?"
"I did want my own team but for now I'm needed at the Hospital. Besides I`m still on the active shinobi list I`m just not gonna be given a promotion anytime soon since I won`t be taking as many missions." Hinata replied slightly crestfallen.
"Oh well that sucks, don't worry Hinata everything will work out as long as you never give up." Naruto reassured the Hyuuga heiress. "Hai, Arigoto Naruto." She thanked him. "Ah don't sweat it listen I just remembered I have an early meeting with the hokage I`ll go settle the check." Naruto dashed off to find a waiter leaving Hinata to finish her food.
It was amazing just how much had changed between them Hinata thought while watching him grab their waiter taking out his wallet. Before she would've never thought that she would be having breakfast with Naruto let alone having a casual conversation with him. She watched him put his wallet back in his pocket as he headed for their table.
"Ok everything`s taken care of." He replied making it back to his seat.
"But wasn't it expensive I could pay half." Hinata offered reaching for her purse. "No it's my treat." Naruto declined "Besides I like spending time with you Hinata you're so easy to talk to." That got the Hyuuga heiress blushing. "Thanks Naruto." She replied.
"Hey I gotta go but I hope we can hang out again later?" Naruto asked
"Hai I would like that." Hinata nodded agreeing. "Great well I'll call you later get home safe." Naruto started to leave and came back and bent down giving Hinata a kiss on the cheek.
"Almost forgot to do that." He stated walking away. She blushed 20 shades deeper and had the urge to faint she couldn't believe she was spending this much time with Naruto.
Looking at the time she figured she might as well head home to start preparing for their mission that was coming up. Little did she know Ino was stuck to the glass of the restaurant watching their entire encounter with wide eyes.
"Must keep a secret must not tell!" She willed herself to abandon her title as gossip queen for the sake of her friends but, this was too juicy to keep to herself. The Yamanaka stormed off obviously to tell anyone who would listen about what she had just saw.
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Sasuke found himself sitting next to Naruto at the meeting with the hokage. Apparently all the clan heads participated and since they were both adults now and Chunin status that earned them a spot at the table. Among the attendees were; Hiashi Hyuuga, Choza Akimichi, Hana inazuka, Yamanka Inoichi, Nara Shikamaru, and Hatake Kakashi. With the additions of Naruto and Sasuke there were a total of 8 clan heads plus the Hokage and the two advisors, Homura and Koharu.
"I call the meeting of the Konoha council to order we have two new additions, so I will explain briefly the rules.
In the event of a tie vote a second vote will be taken if a second tie is reached and no one is willing to reconsider an impartial will be brought in to make the final decision. Or as he's better know the head of civilian affairs." She explained briefly
"So first on the agenda is in the last meeting there were several items left unresolved. First is the matter of the promotion recommendation list. Naruto, Sasuke as you two are not yet Jounin you cannot nominate nor vote on yourself however, you still can be nominated as a candidate." She finished taking a seat. Kakashi stood up as the first to put forth a name.
"I Kakashi Hatake nominate Haruno Sakura for the rank of Jounin her leadership and service during the war has more than earned her the consideration." He sat down and winked at his former two teammates. Just then Hiashi stood up
"I would like to recommend Neji Hyuuga to the rank of Anbu captain, his sacrifice and service as well as impeccable mission record gives him all the requirements for this position." He stated sitting down. "As you know all Anbu requests must be seconded by either myself or Yamato who is currently in charge." The Hokage stated. Hiashi nodded his acknowledgment.
"Any other recommendations." At that Shikamaru recommended both Naruto and Sasuke for Jounin as their service during the war made them suitable candidates. "I think that may possibly be a little premature." Koharu spoke up
"Well they are definitely the strongest in the village I don't see why we haven't promoted them to the top yet these politics sicken me." Choza spoke up
"I agree also their efforts after the war haven't gone unnoticed we owe the ended conflict with the sound to Sasuke and we wouldn't be such close allies with Suna and kumo without Narutos close friendships with Killer bee and The Kazekage." Inoichi added.
"Well we cannot forget the Uchiha`s past transgressions against the villages." Homura threw out. "All of which he was pardoned for." Naruto coolly replied
"Hokage sama the boy cannot speak for him am I correct." Homura hissed.
"Actually if I am correct I cannot speak for myself however I am at liberty to discuss my beliefs about Uchiha san. Also I am officially recognized as a clan head so I would advise you to mind the way you address me as it is unbefitting of anyone in this council to be disrespected regardless of age let alone status."
Naruto added earning shocked look from the Hokage`s advisors who looked as if Naruto had punched them. Everyone else besides Hiashi grinned at Naruto`s calmness and the way he dealt with the older members. Hiashi was giving him an almost appraising look as if he didn't know whether he should be impressed by the way Naruto held his own or should he hold contempt for the way he confronted the older members.
"Enough this is a civil debate. Naruto is correct Sasuke has been pardoned from his crimes. Members will disregard that when making a final decision." The Hokage interjected. The rest of the meeting went by smoothly with Sasuke getting approval the start the Konoha police in 1 years' time but being able to start recruiting immediately. Also all promotion nominations were approved by Unanimous vote except for Naruto`s and Sasuke`s who were voted to be promoted with a 6-2 vote with Hiashi abstaining. "That concludes this meeting you all are dismissed." Tsunade finished gathering paperwork.
"Congratulations dobe, Im sorry Uzamaki San." Sasuke said to Naruto with a smirk. "Yeah yeah whatever I'm just not gonna be pushed around by a couple of old farts." Naruto defended. Tsunade smiled hoping Naruto could keep it up in the future. "Hey hey are you guys ready to go grab some food." Kakashi asked walking over with Sakura.
"You know it!" Naruto explained chanting Ramen Ramen! "Tacos." Sasuke deadpanned the four walked out of the office to go grab food when Sasuke noticed The two advisors talking to Hiashi It seemed as if they were gearing up to try and gain the majority vote but, odds were against them. Sasuke just hoped whatever was to come they could handle it for peace was at stake here.
Authors note: Hey guys I hope you`re liking the story so far Next chapter is gonna be juicy and we`re finally gonna get to the main elements of the plot with our favorite couple. Also Hiashi is in for a big surprise when he gets a notice in the mail. Mangalove out!