I DO NOT OWN NARUTO AND/OR THE CHARACTERS

Party Planning

Naruto was walking through the village with Hanabi, he usually didn't find himself spending time with her but there was a special reason.

"Thanks for coming with me," Naruto said. "I figured that since she's turning eighteen, she'd want something a little more feminine but I wouldn't know what to give her."

"No problem, Naruto," she stuttered like Hinata used to. "I'm happy to help."

They walked to the stores that Hanabi suggested, which was part of her plan to spend as much time with him as possible as she'd let him pick something out then shoot it down. Her plan worked better than normal as her nervousness around him and the fact that he didn't know of her crush on him made her particularly difficult to read and he never picked up on what she was doing.

"Are you okay?" he asked noticing who antsy she was.

"Yes, I just want to help out as much as possible," Hanabi said. "She's like a sister to me too."

After a little more searching, Naruto grew weary and decided to take a break.

"You wanna take a second to get something to eat?"

At her suggestion, they went to Ichiraku for lunch.

"Who's your friend?" Teuchi asked.

"This is Hinata's little sister, Hanabi. She's helping me pick out a gift for Moegi's birthday this Friday."

"That's nice," Ayame said. "So what will you have?"

"You know I can't live without Miso," Naruto said with a smile on his face.

"Uh, I'll have beef," Hanabi said.

"I didn't know you like ramen," Naruto said. "We could've been hanging out a long time ago."

"Well, I figure that if you like it," she said. "Then it must be good."

She was so nervous when they served the food that it took her several attempts to make proper use of her chopsticks.

"So what am I doing wrong?" he asked. "You don't seem to like any of the gifts I picked out."

"Well, Moegi and Sakura share some similar characteristics," Hanabi said. "What did you get her for her eighteenth birthday?"

"Well, when I gave Sakura her gift, I didn't really have too much time to think about it because of everything that was going on so I just picked out the prettiest thing I could find. Now that I think about it, she appreciated the gesture but didn't like the gift itself."

They continued to talk until she turned the conversation to him and her sister, if nothing else, to see if she had any chance in the future.

"So, do you like my sister a lot?" Hanabi asked.

"Uh, yeah," Naruto answered. "She's very nice and sweet, I remember when I defeated Kiba in the chunin exams and she gave me some medicine even though I'd just defeated her teammate."

"Oh, I had no idea she could be that nice," Hanabi said.

"Really?"

"I'm just joking," Hanabi admitted. "We bicker but my sister is very nice and she really likes you, I saw her after your date the other day and she was really giddy, I've never seen a Hyuuga that happy."

"Wow," Naruto said. "I didn't know I had that affect, I'm lucky that someone like her like's me, I must be doing something right."

They finished their break and went back to searching for Moegi's gift.

"Maybe you should forget about the feminine thing because she sees you as a brother, right?"

"Yeah," Naruto answered.

"Well, those types of gifts are reserved for female friends and boyfriends so you should just get her something that a brother would get."

Naruto thought about it then he thought about what he got for Temari on her eighteenth birthday.

"I got her an hour glass."

"An hourglass?" Hanabi asked. "Was there anything special about it?"

"Yeah, it had an engraving that said 'True friendship is more eternal than the sands of time' or something like that. As a matter of fact, I got it here in the village."

"Do you remember the store?"

"Yeah."

They went to the store and Naruto found the perfect gift for her, he walked her home and they talked some more until they got to her home.

"Well, this was a fun date," she slipped.

She realized what she said and became nervous.

"I'm sorry," she chuckled nervously.

"Don't worry about it," he said. "I mean, we did go shopping and had lunch so I guess it was a date."

Her heart was a flutter when she heard him say that.

"He's so kind, I'm sure he'll make Hinata happy," she thought.

At that moment, she realized what she was going to do, she was going to do what Hinata once did for Sakura and put her feelings aside.

"Well, it was nice dating you," Naruto said smiling.

He went in to kiss her on the cheek but she had other plans.

"I may never get a chance to do this again," she thought as she turned her head so that their lips met.

Surprised, he pulled his head away quickly but not before she snuck a little tongue in.

"Sorry," she chuckled nervously again.

"Don't w…"

Before he could finish, she ran into the house before she did anything else stupid. He just left but he wasn't finished with his duties in Moegi's party, as she had asked him if they could have the party at his house since it was big enough and anywhere else they could've had it was unavailable. He was setting his home up and Tenten volunteered to help but with his ability to create a massive amount of clones, he was done in a matter of minutes and they just hung out and tried to put together a playlist of songs for the party.

"Not this," Tenten said.

"What, you don't like 'Son of a Gun?'"

"It's good but not party music, we should go with 'Go'"

"Hell, yeah," Naruto said. "I love that song, we are fighting dreamers."

They looked at each other and with only one thing on their minds.

"Oli oli oli oh, just go my way," they sang as they smiled at each other.

They bursted out into laughter as they continued to looked through the songs, that's when Naruto found a certain song that he decided to play.

"Oh, no, you didn't play Yura Yura," Tenten said getting up. "You know we gotta dance, right?"

She draped her arms on his shoulders with her fingers clasped behind his neck as he did the same around her waist and sang to her, his singing was less than average, to say the least, but she loved that he was doing it. The fact that he was doing something he doesn't normally do for her reminder her of when they started seeing each other.

"You have a beautiful singing voice," she smiled as she lied earning a pinch on the butt. "Ow, what was that for?"

"Liar," he smiled.

"Well, what do I get for telling the truth?"

"This," he a said giving her a kiss.

"If that's what I get for telling the truth, then your singing is terrible, I once wore one Guy-sensei's suits to train in, and I once had to kiss Lee on a mission and he wasn't terrible."

She got what she wanted as he kissed her again, the kiss deepened as he felt her tongue entering his mouth. They started losing themselves and their hands started to move all over their bodies, they undressed each other and he kissed her in the center of her collarbone then down her chest. She pulled them down to the floor of his living room and he slid inside of her.

"Naruto," she sighed in pleasure.

He started to thrust but that wasn't all he was doing as he sang the words to 'Yura Yura' as it played again on repeat.

"You're crazy," she said as the words gave her as much emotional pleasure as Naruto gave her physical.

Naruto sang the song 9 more times when she could no longer hold it in and climaxed, he kissed her as he climaxed right after she did. They lied on the floor next to each other listening to the song when she felt that she had to get something off of her chest.

"I think it's funny that the name of this group is Hearts Grow because that's what happens to me when I'm around you, Naruto," she said. "My heart grows. What I'm trying to say is that I l…"

"If you're going to be having sex in your living room," Sasuke said as he stood in the door. "You should lock the front door."

"Point taken," Naruto said.

"That's what Tenten just said," Sasuke joked.

They looked at him in shock.

"Did you just tell a funny joke?" Naruto asked covering his privates. "I guess I got lucky for real."

"Why did you interrupt us?" a very angry Tenten asked as she got dressed behind Naruto who assumed that it was because of Sasuke's intrusion.

"I have to talk to loverboy about something in private."

Once Tenten was dressed, Naruto put his clothes on and went outside with Sasuke to talk.

"What's going on?" Naruto asked.

"I've never been good at talking like this," Sasuke admitted. "So, I'll just come out and say it."

"Say what?"

"Thank you, you saved Sakura and I's relationship."

"Oh, she told me," Naruto said. "No problem, you two are my best friends."

"Yeah, well, there's something I need to ask you."

"What?"

"Well, I want you to be at my side when we Sakura and I get married."

"So, you're finally going to do it?"

"Yeah, things were rocky but after we took your advice, everything's been great. And not killing people every other night has done wonders for my psyche."

"Just let me know what you need and I'm on it."

"Thanks again."

Sasuke left and Naruto went back inside to find Tenten getting ready to leave.

"You're going?"

"Yeah, I have to get to my job," she said giving him a kiss on the cheek as she left.

As Naruto continued to work, Moegi was still plotting on her best course of action.

"I've got it," she said to herself as she got a brilliant idea. "There's no way he can say no, now I just have to find something to wear."

She went out into the village in search of an outfit that may make Naruto see her differently.

"What does he like?"

She thought about the girls that she'd seen Naruto and what they wore around him.

"Ino wears clothes that are form fitting, Tenten's clothes are a little more loose but still show her body a little, Kin dresses a little more flashy and Hinata's are more practical," she thought. "I never thought about it before but the girls he hangs around with are all over the place."

She went to shop after shop until she found the perfect outfit for her party.

"This is perfect," she thought as she tried it on in the shop mirror. "This will make him notice me as a woman for sure."

While she shopped, Hanabi was at home thinking about the kiss she snaked from Naruto.

"His lips are so soft," she thought. "Why couldn't I have been born a few years earlier? I'd have made him mine from the second I saw him. I hope Hinata's able to get her claws into him, at least, I'll be able to see him more often that way."

Ino was at the library studying when Sakura happened upon her.

"Hey, piggy."

"Shhh," the librarian shushes.

"Sorry," Sakura said embarrassed. "Studying again?"

"Yeah," Ino said.

"Shhh."

"Sorry," Ino apologized. "I have to if I want to improve."

"I have to ask…"

"Stop talking," the librarian said. "Or I will eat your life."

"Let's take this outside," Sakura suggested.

They went outside so they could talk free from the oppression of the librarian.

"Where were we, forehead girl?" Ino asked.

"I was going to ask you why your fat ass has been going so hard lately."

"It's because of Naruto," Ino said with a smile that Sakura had never seen on her face.

"Really?"

"Yeah, he makes me feel like I can do anything, he's helped me figure out who I want to be and support's me so that I can become that person."

"You sound pretty serious about him," Sakura said.

"I am, Lady Forehead," Ino said. "I've never had feelings this strong about anyone, including Sasuke."

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know if it is that but I might be in love with him."

Sakura looked at Ino shocked, this was the first time she'd ever seen her best friend like this.

"Why aren't you sure?" she asked.

"Well, I've never been in love with anyone," Ino explained. "I mean, I know I love him but I don't know if I'm in love with him. How do you feel about Sasuke?"

"Well, he's like the air," Sakura said. "It's like I can't live without him. I mean, I know I was a stone cold bitch to Naruto when I did what I did but I was honest, Sasuke makes me feel like no other person has. Is that close to what you feel for Naruto?"