Ino stood at the edge of a street corner, debating walking around it and going home. She didn't want to face her mother at this moment in time. Nevertheless, the blond girl turned the corner and walked to her house. She hesitated with her hand on the doorknob. It was almost two minutes later before she could turn the knob and walk into the house. Standing in the threshold of the door she silently closed the door before taking in the appearance of the flower shop. It was empty and dark, lit only by the dim lamp on the desk.
"Mom, I'm home!" She called, disturbing the near silence of the house.
"Ino?" A soft voice her, her mother's voice questioned.
"Yes mom." She answered. She heard foot steps on the floor above her, light ones that were followed by the almost silent footfalls of her father. They reached the stairs before clamoring down them. With speed she'd never seen a civilian move with her mother darted across the shop and enveloped her in a hug. Her father was there in the next second, his arms around them both. Ino stood stiffly, unable to return her mother's hug because her arms were trapped at her sides.
Her mother released her, the look of relief hardening into angry lines. Her father spun his wife away from Ino, guiding her upstairs. "Ino, one of the ANBU explained everything to us before you came home. Your mother is just excited." He called back. "Try to get some sleep."
"Okay." Ino answered obediently, starting up the stairs after her parents, knowing full well she probably was not going to be able to sleep after spending all day lounging around a cave. Despite this as soon as she lay down her bed and closed her eyes, she was fast asleep.
Sakura offered her mother a small apologetic smile as the irate woman towered over her. "I'm sorry mom." She started, wincing as a vein in the woman's pencil thin neck bulged. "It wasn't supposed to be more then a walk, I was going to be back before sun down. Then it started raining and Ino and I decided to wait it out in a cave. There was a mudslide and we got trapped." She tried to explain.
"You expect me to believe that?" Her mother demanded.
"Is the truth, call the Yaminaka's in the mourning in you don't believe me." Sakura defended herself.
"Why would I bother them when I know you're lying?"
"Why would I lie and bring enough person into this?" Sakura shot back. Her mother grumbled intelligibly before waving her hand dismissively. Sakura took that moment to leave her mother's presence and retreated up the stairs to her room. Once she had shut the door, the girl stretched out on her bed. Her eyes drifted closed as her mind began to race.
Possibilities of her and Ino's future relationship flew about in her head. Fantasies of her and her blond friend cuddling in secret in her bedroom, or basking in the sun together on a high tree branch. Many other small hopes cycled through her head as her mind slowly worked itself to sleep.
Tsunade took a long sip from the sake bottle she was slowly downing. She had one arms wrapped loosely around Shizune's shoulder, while both women leaned heavily on the wall behind them. Her attendant had yet to take more than a small sip of her own sake. Tsunade opened her mouth to speak, but ended up taking another swig of sake. After swallowing she said. "So how much shit do you think I'm in with the council?"
Shizune thought for a second before answering. "About waist-deep."
"Yeah, I'm sure you're right. Pretty bleak for me though." Tsunade swished the contents of her bottle.
"I think this would be a wise moment for an 'I told you so' but I think I don't think I will." Shizune retorted.
"What's gotten into you?" Tsunade asked perturbed by her assistant's sudden change in behavior.
"Your sake." Shizune answered matter-of-factly.
"You've barely had any." Tsunade replied, incredulous.
"It was enough." Shizune answered shortly.
"All these years I've never seen you drunk, or even buzzed. Now that I see you slightly buzzed I think you can be particularly unpleasant."
Shizune leaned her head back. "Am I really that horrible?"
"Not horrible, just unsettling. You're usually so sweet and gentle. Its odd to hear you being so cynical." Tsunade clarified.
"Sweet and gentle? That's how you would describe me?" Shizune took another small sip of sake.
"Honestly, yes. You're kind, caring, reassuring, supportive, and positive. Sometimes you're amusingly over worried about small things. As a whole I would describe you as sweet and gentle." Tsunade explained.
"That seems odd to me, how could I ever be innocent enough to be called sweet." Shizune marveled.
"Well you are, most the time anyway. You always mean well with your actions. Even if they don't turn out as you planned, you try to be a positive influence on those around you." The Hokage said, now trying to convince her.
"It still seems odd to me." Shizune stretched out a little, slouching against the wall.
"Its just how I see you." Tsunade almost felt like she was defending herself at this point.
"Maybe your view is obstructed." The brunette suggested pessimistically.
"Or you don't see what I see in you." The blond retorted.
"What would make you believe I wasn't as sweet and gentle as you though?" Her attendant asked, her tone and expression becoming slightly more seductive.
"Why don't you figure it out for yourself?" Tsunade challenged, enjoying this turn in her assistant's behavior.
"Are you sure you won't be disturbed?" Shizune teased, leaning up to press her lips to Tsunade's cheek.
"Not entirely but I'm willing to try new things." The blond wrapped her other arm around her attendant before pulling her into her lap. She took Shizune's bottle of sake and set it with her's an arms length from her bed.
Shizune gently pressed her lips to Tsunade's forehead. Her hands moved to cup the older woman's face, clutching at the soft skin she found there. She ghosted her lips down her lover's face before pressing them to the Hokage's. Tsunade kissed back half heartedly, content to let Shizune guide them so she would be comfortable and not feel forced by anything that was happening between them.
Shizune moved one hand to cup the back of Tsunade's head and draw her closer. Her other hand slipped down to the small of her back, to the same effect. Tsunade pressed her body against the smaller woman, beginning to kiss back with effort. Her tongue slid out to effortlessly capture Shizune's. The brunette's tongue flailed uselessly against it's skilled opponent. Both of Shizune's hand trailed down to cup her lover's shapely bottom. Tsunade relented with her tongue and allowed Shizune to hone her kissing skills as she barely responded to the young woman's advances. Her fingers reflexively kneaded the firm curve of Tsunade's rear. The Hokage switched their positions and lay Shizune out on the bed. She straddled her attendant, still letting her maintain control. The brunette gently pulled away from Tsunade's mouth and mover her hands up to the hem of Tsunade's shirt. The smaller woman started to pull the shirt over her body. The blond lifted her arms for Shizune to pull her shirt off the rest of the way once it had pass her shoulders. Shizune threw the shirt into the clutter of the room around them before smothering Tsunade's breasts with kisses. She brought up both hands to hold up her large breasts so she could suckle n of her nipples.
Tsunade moaned as she felt the hot, inconsistent pressure against her turgid nipple. Her fingers twitched in the bedding they were buried in. She leaned her head back, another moan building in her throat as Shizune increased the pace of her suckling and began kneading her breasts, tweaking her other nipple with her dexterous fingers. Tsunade swallowed as her arousal began to build. Shizune picked up on the Hokage's growing need through the motion her hips were making. She popped the nipple out of her mouth and let both of her breasts drop, her hands moving to Tsunade's shoulders to pull her down closer for another kiss. The blonde's heavy breasts rested on Shizune's breasts as they shared another kiss, this one almost chaste in comparison to the last one. The brunette undid the sash of her kimono before pulling it off and pulling her kimono open. The first thing to be exposed was the tight wrap she kept her breasts squished into. Tsunade transferred all her weight and then deftly undid the wrap of bandages that served to constrain her attendant's most obvious form of femininity. Once these orbs were free of their bondage Tsunade cradled them in her hand, amazed by how well they filled the palms of her hands. Shizune's breasts were at least a cup size larger then they appeared. Tsunade took both of Shizune's nipples and twisted them between her thumb and forefinger. Her nipples stiffened under the Hokage's cold fingers. The blonde rested her forehead on Shizune's while pressing her lips fervently to the young woman's own. Tsunade's breasts found themselves in the hands of Shizune, whose fingers flexed and massaged her lover's large breasts. She smiled as she heard Shizune let out a small moan. The blonde pulled back and ran her hands down Shizune's abdomen and pulled her kimono apart the whole way and helped her slip out of it completely. After Tsunade threw her lover's kimono off of the bed Shizune was left only in a pair of simple panties. The Hokage smiled as she spied the design. "You still wear children's underwear?" She asked.
"They aren't children's," Shizune blushed. "I found them at a novelty store awhile back and I like them." She motioned over the pattern that had egg rolls and rice balls on a platter set on a purple background. Tsunade smiled and felt for the waistband of the underwear. She hooked her thumbs in them and pulled the panties off completely. Shizune felt the need to retaliate and grabbed Tsunade's pants around the hips and pulled them down, no underwear to be seen. After stripping them down and off of her lover, Shizune threw the pants to the same spot as the shirt. Now both naked before one another, Shizune felt her cheeks get hot as she felt Tsunade's eyes wandering on her body, while she averted her own away. Tsunade smiled, oh what a night this would be she thought excitedly.