Woohoo my first fic!!I am so excited I hope it is good, I chose to do Ino and Naruto because I think the make a great couple and are my favorite crack pairing,, rated this story for M because there will be citrus!!XD I will try to make this story as in character and long as possible, and I will try to update at least once or twice weekly , please review, and point out anything you don't like about the story, I want to make this the best NaruIno story so I need you help!! Now onto the story!!

Special thanx to my reviewers

cardel88, Steel Timberwolf: thanks for clarifying, I was unsure when I wrote the story which hokage she was

blackshadow1006: the only reason I told everyone she was still alive was because I didn't want people to not continue reading or flame me if they thought she was dead, XD

and thanx to everyone else who reviewed

'inner thoughts'

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Disclaimer: I do n't own Naruto , but I sure as hell would pwn then at Sims

Chapter two

in each others company

Previously...

"Ino...," he didn't have a chance to finish. Ino collapsed , sobbing into his arms. Naruto stood there dumbfounded, he glanced at Tsunade, her face was buried in her hands and she simply dismissed them and pulled out a bottle of sake as he Naruto led Ino out of the room.

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Naruto stood outside the hokage's office holding Ino as she cried her eyes out. Even though he was feeling the same pain as she after losing Sakura, he knew she was hurting moreLife had become unbearable for her recently, shortly after Asuma's death, her parents had also died, leaving her alone, but she had Sakura and her teammates. Then when Sakura went missing she was unable to do anything, as she was not of high enough clearance to deal with 5the Akatsuki, she had no one, Shikamaru had accepted a long term mission to Suna, and Chouji had left training. She seemed to be okay, letting her confidence that they would find Sakura fool everyone into thinking she was fine.

" I should have known," thought Naruto, "she must have been hurting so bad, I thought she was okay, I had never even spoken to her during that time, always assumed she had someone, thinking I was the only one who was ever alone. If I had been there for her then would she have been able to handle this now? Sakura she was your best friend and I let her suffer, I'm so sorry."

Naruto's train of thought was broken by a loud clap of thunder outside. He hadn't noticed but he had tears in his eyes. It started had started raining, as if the sky was crying with them at their loss, Naruto felt calmed by this show of sympathy , and tried to take his mind off Sakura.

"Its raining you know..."he said.

"Yeah..."she sobbed.

"Ino"

"hmm?"

"I'm so sorry for not being there for you before , but I'm here now."

Ino stopped crying"Naruto-kun...,"She pulled away from him slightly, and looked up to him, she face was only inches away from her, she smiled, "thank you." Naruto leaned into her, Ino did likewise ,there lips were merely inches away when...

"Naruto-kun you...oh I' m sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt ," Shizune looked at the 'couple' and smirked. "Nani??its not like that we..." Naruto then realized the awkward position he and Ino were in , he was still holding her. They quickly let go of each other and blushed a furious shade of red. Ino was the first to speak, "we should probably go before it really starts to downpour."

"Hai". Naruto walked down the halls of the hokage tower with Ino. 'Why, why did I almost kiss!!! I just lost Sakura , and besides its Ino, I mean, we barely know each other! I must have been just caught up in the moment , although it would have been nice to see how her lips felt' 'wait? Did I just think that , what the fuck am I doing!!?'

Ino meanwhile was having the same the exact same problem, 'what am I doing, I almost kissed him, I wanted to kiss him, even now.' "Wait did I just say that?''well Its not that I don't like him, he's my friend, not to mention, he's so caring , and nice and hot''No! I can't think he's hot I mean..'

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Ino, so lost in thought had run head-first into the exit door. She fell backward, dazed and expecting the hard crash of the floor, but it never came, instead she felt two strong arms catch her from behind , very muscular arms she noted. "Are you okay Ino?"Naruto asked. "You were walking real fast and kept shaking your head, and ran into the wall."

"Yeah I'm okay, hehehe.", she nervously laughed. Great going Ino! Even if you ever do admit you like him you'll never get the chance if he thinks you're nuts. She tried to stand but immediately fell back into Naruto's arms as she blacked out

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Ino woke up I an unfamiliar bedroom on a soft blue twin bed. She stood up but quickly had to sit back down as she suddenly felt dizzy and her head gave a particularly painful throb. She sat on the bed and surveyed the room, quickly, as it was small and not very full, the one thing she did notice was a pile of bright orange and black jumpsuit on the floor. She suddenly remembered how she had fainted after walking Ino the door. 'This must be Naruto-kun's house'

She also noticed she was wearing his jacket and her clothes and it were slightly wet. 'That right it was raining and he must have given me his jacket , how sweet, I better thank him later' 'Yeah and you know how''shut up I can't think that!' She got up to go find him and was about to walk into the living room when what she saw stopped her.

Naruto was in the living, naked except for a very wet, very clinging , pair of boxers .Ino nearly fainted again. She was able to tell he was quite well endowed and was able to see all of his very well toned muscles as he got dressed. She began thinking of all the things she wanted to do to him, and what she wanted him to do to her, how she wanted to be right there with him as she ran her hands across his muscular chest, kissing him as he pulled her naked body close to his , tracing her every curve with his hands as she stared into his deep blue eyes.her train of thought was cut short as he glanced up, and noticed she was staring at him from across the room.

"INO!"

She stood there horrified and flipped around as he quickly threw on a pair of pants. " I'm so sorry Naruto-kun, I didn't mean to I woke up and I was sure where I was so I went to have a look around and ..."" Its okay , I was just surprised is all, you're kind of wet too, if you want you can borrow some of my clothes, there are some in the bedroom, go ahead ,I need to finish getting dressed?"Naruto said. 'can I watch?' "Sure"replied Ino, blushing and walking back to the bedroom.

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another short one, sorry, this wont last long, once I get the story to a certain point I know where to go from there, its the start thats hard, any suggestions are welcome