(Opening Notes)

This is my only story being updated now, the last chapter of "Up From the Shadows" has been sent out seconds ago...

Next, I guess there are a few things to touch on:

1. If you haven't caught on I did modify the ages of every one by about 3 years so they are older. It makes the story shorter (reaches age for Hokage sooner) and most of all, it makes me more comfortable writing more intimate actions. The argument has been made that since they were expected to kill at 12 that they mature faster, so what, just imagine they're younger if you desire. I do it for my own comfort and the author is the one that matters, especially since a few of you may be hooked already and I hold the chapters. (insert evil laugh of choice here)

2. Uh, I forgot what two was...

3. The story is basically completed and I was asked why I don't release the entire story in one lump instead of dragging it out. the answer is... I like making you all wait, it gives me ultimate power!!! No, really, I do this because I am still actively adding lines to the next chapter due to feedback from the previous one. If you want faster releases, I will need more reviews to base my corrections on, but at the very least you will see a Mon, Wed, Fri release.

4. I remember #2 now... Why did I release two chapters on premiere? Easy answer... I had 13 chapters and it didn't divide among weekly releases evenly.

5. Why did Naruto drop the -chan from Sakura? I'm sure most caught it, but I may need to clarify. I see Naruto as using the suffix only with the person/persons he likes where many others use it as a term of familiarity. Anyways, since he is involved with Kyu now, she earns the -chan and Sakura looses it.

Another note, expect the relationships to move VERY fast. Mainly because I am impatient and don't feel like making a drawn out relationship (I'll do that in another story later), and for other reasons... Enjoy the chapter

Naruto's Vixen

Chapter 3

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or anything related

'Kyuubi speaking'

'Speaking in mind, or thinking'

(Author's comments)

Kyu woke the next morning to the pleasant feeling of having her ears rubbed and decided to lie still for a while longer, but her tails started swishing happily, giving away her consciousness.

"So you think you could get away with pretending to be sleeping while I rubbed your ears?" Naruto whispered to her.

"Well, actually no, but it was worth a try." She replied with a disappointed sigh

"Good." She expected him to stop, but he continued on pleasing her fuzzy fox ears causing her to fall into her growling purr for the next ten minutes. To her dismay he stopped and got up to do the usual morning stuff while she just laid in bed for a few minutes before heading out into the living room/kitchen and started cleaning. A few minutes later, Naruto returned and saw her cleaning and walked up to stop her.

"Kyu-chan, stop cleaning, you are a guest, there isn't a need for you to do that." He chided her

"That is where you are wrong Naruto-kun; I live here now with you so it is just as much my place as it is yours."

"Fine, but I'm helping." With a quick hand sign, twenty Naruto clones came into existence and ran through the apartment at blinding speeds leaving the place spotless in less than two minutes.

"There now let's just sit for a while." She smiled happily at him as he sat down on the old couch and she immediately sat on his lap facing him before taking him in a kiss. After the kiss she just hugged him tightly with her head in the crook of his neck and fell asleep smiling. After letting her sleep a while he decided it was time to hit the town and see what has changed and maybe find some more of the old acquaintances. He gently carried her to his bed and set her down, while she slept through all of it. Before going he kissed her forehead and left out the door.

Like was expected, Naruto only got a good 30 yards away from his apartment when he felt the consciousness of the vixen return to him.

"That wasn't very nice Naruto-kun, I was expecting to wake up in your arms and I find myself waking up back in here?" she pouted in an irritated voice

'Sorry Kyu-chan, but I couldn't bring myself to wake you since you were sleeping so nicely, and I didn't know you would wake up when you returned to me.'

"Fine, I'll let you off the hook this time, but I want to see you before I go back in the future." She informed him.

'Alright, you got it.'

After finishing his conversation with his inner demon Naruto came upon a strange looking guy. He was covered head to toe and all you could see were sunglasses peeking out from between his hood and high collar. Although he couldn't tell who it was, Naruto felt he knew him from somewhere. (I'm taking most of this encounter from the manga and will be the last shred of unoriginal content.)

'Please not this group… anyone but them, I don't need the competition now.' Thought Kyu after realizing who it was standing there.

"It's been a while, Naruto." Stated the guy.

"Huh, who are you?" was his reply still trying to figure out where he has seen him before.

"It has been a long time since we've seen each other, but you should at least recognize the face of a comrade, because it is hurtful if you don't." mentioned the cloaked guy.

"Huh… wait could you be… Shino?" Naruto asked once Shino's strange speech pattern jogged his memory.

"Finally you recognize me."

"Well it could be a little easier if I could actually see something other than sunglasses to identify you." Hollered the blonde shinobi. Just then a slight thundering, sounding like a stampede, was heard as a huge white dog jumped into the area with his partner riding on top. "Is that you Kiba?" he asked in shock at the size of his dog. The rider got down off of the beast in his mostly all leather attire

"Ha, I thought it was you from that smell." Kiba replied

"Hey what is that supposed to mean!?" shouted Naruto in defense.

"Nothing, it's just that you smell like, well, you."

"Oh thanks, I guess, but what have you been feeding Akamaru, he's HUGE." He then commented.

"Hmm, guess I never noticed." Suddenly a quiet squeak was heard in the direction of a nearby fence catching the blonde's attention.

'Please not now, I'm not ready to meet him yet, I heard he was back, but I wasn't intending on seeing him so soon. What do I do, what do I say?' worried Hinata as she was trembling at the thought of meeting her crush again after so many years.

'Oh god, why couldn't he have missed them, especially her?' Kyu asked herself afraid of what might happen.

Naruto quickly rounded the corner and was face to face with the dark haired girl. Her nearly black hair flowed down to her mid back over the hood of her thin jacket which ended a little past the waist of her baggy Capri style pants.

"What are you doing hiding over here Hinata?" he asked while only inches away from her small 5'3" frame.

"I…I…" Immediately she started falling over after turning bright red with beads of sweat flowing down her face. Before she made contact with the ground Naruto caught her in his arms.

"Why does she always do that around Naruto?" Kiba wondered out loud.

"I can't believe he recognized you and Hinata right away… aw man." Uncharacteristically whined Shino, completely ignoring Kiba's question.

"Hey guys, do you have a mission or something?" Naruto asked while still holding Hinata above the ground.

"Nah, we were just meeting up for a little sparing today. You can leave her with us and we'll take care of her." Kiba informed in his boisterous voice while the blonde looked at the light body before him.

"Well, if it's all same to you, I'll just wait for her to wake up. You two can go do your sparring." The blonde offered.

"Yeah sure, thanks Naruto, see ya." Kiba then jumped onto Akamaru and sped off while Shino just seemed to disappear, leaving Hinata alone in Naruto's arms. He stood up and carried her over to the large tree and sat in the grass with her still nestled in his arms. He looked at her porcelain like face before wiping a bit of the sweat off her glistening skin.

"What are you doing Naruto-kun?" Kyu asked in an accusing tone.

'I don't know Kyu-chan, but something is just different when I look at her.'

"You're drawn to her aren't you?"

'Yes, very. I know you don't like it, but some of the attraction is probably your fault since you took her form so many times when manipulating my dreams.'

"You're wrong Naruto-kun; I just used the attraction you already felt against you in your dreams. Remember that you would push her away sometimes after just barely kissing, but the next time you would nearly let her do what she wanted. You wanted her but also didn't want to push her, so you always had those feelings."

'So, are you ok with me liking her?' he asked while growing very red remembering his dreams as he looked at the petite girl

"No, I am not, but I can deal with it for a while. Just try to find out if there is something else there other than physical attraction."

'So you are basically telling me to go out with her? I don't think I want two girlfriends.'

"You finally called me your girlfriend!?! I'm so happy Naruto-kun, but yes I'm saying take her out and have fun like a young man should and maybe even kiss her, but I didn't say anything about making her your girlfriend." She informed him sternly.

'Alright, I guess I'll see if she wants to, but will you still want to come out when we're alone?'

"Of course I want to still come out, she won't be able to keep you company at night will she?"

'No, I guess she won't, but keep your hands above the waist or I just might think about it' he warned her in a teasing manner. It was at this time that Hinata was slowly gaining consciousness and opened her eyes and saw the object of her affection looking straight at her.

"Hi." Was all he got out before she turned red like a tomato and fainted again. Another few minutes passed until she became alert again. "Hinata, I…" then she was out once more, but there was a smile growing on her flushed face.

"Well, I'm not leaving here until you stay conscious enough to talk to me, so hurry up." As if on cue she woke and stared at him with her pale eyes that could show many emotions at a moment's notice. He continued to watch her look at every inch of him without any trace of redness upon her face so he thought it was safe to talk.

"How are you feeling Hinata-chan?"

"N-Na-Naru-t-to-kuuun?" she drawled out in a long stutter when realizing fully that she wasn't imagining him and he was actually holding her in his arms and succumbed to the waiting darkness while in a serious blush.

'This is kind of fun seeing her faint like this, but do you think she is sick or something?'

"No, she isn't sick; she is quite stricken with you." She told him with a tint of anger.

'Really? Is that why she always turned red and fainted around me? And I just thought she was weird. I take it then that the cute little finger prodding thing she does is a nervous habit, which is why I always see her doing it?' There was no answer so he just figured he was right and shrugged it off. A few more times of Hinata waking and fainting passed until a point where she stayed conscious, albeit barely, to hold a small conversation.

"So really, how have you been? Has your family been getting better?" Naruto asked caringly.

"A little, N-Neji isn't too bad anym-more but father still pushes me t-too hard to become something I'm n-n-not." She stuttered out still bright red.

"Ok, um, did you make chuunin?" he asked trying to keep the conversation going since she would always stop.

"Yes, you are the only one that is still a genin, Neji is Jonin." She informed him slowly, making sure to not show weakness and stutter.

"Well that really sucks, I'm still a genin." Naruto said with a bad taste in his mouth.

"I'm s-sure you'll m-make it n-next time." She told him in a comforting way.

"Thanks Hinata, you were always so nice to me. Can I give you something?"

"Um… I g-guess, w-what is it?" she asked in slight worry from the look on his face.

"A present for cleaning my room, the sheets you used had the Hyuuga symbol printed on the tag." He leaned forward and gave her a very quick peck on the lips causing her to resemble a cranberry and go limp in his arms with a huge smile on her face. Naruto chuckled; he was having great fun making her faint like that and couldn't wait to see what it took next time.

He looked her over once more and noticed her sandals looked like they didn't really fit anymore. Her feet seemed squished and uncomfortable in them so he took them off setting them free. After his once over of her, he came to the conclusion that everything about her was cute and very alluring, much more so than the younger form he would see in his dreams.

She started to stir once more and he decide he might just surprise her. He brought his face within an inch of her and felt her breath on his face. Her eye lids parted slightly before he felt her tiny arms wrap around his neck and pull him forward on top of her as she mashed her lips into his. Her lips massaged his making him forget everything and slowly parted his lips. Taking that as an invitation Hinata slipped her tongue past his lips and explored him drawing in the taste of his mouth.

"Naruto-kun," Kyu stated in a gentle but irritated voice, but he carried on making out with the little Hyuuga. "NARUTO!!" She screamed in his head causing him to pull away from Hinata's lips leaving a small trail of saliva from the very wet kiss. "I said maybe kiss her, not make out with her!"

'Sorry Kyu-chan, it, well I… I got carried away ok?'

"No it isn't ok; just try to keep everything a little less passionate." She replied angrily.

'I'll try.'

"Was that real?" Hinata asked, still unsure since she has dreamed about that for a while.

"Yes it was, but I think it was a little out of the blue, though." He mentioned trying to shrug it off.

"Oh." She stated with a downcast attitude, but never once tried to leave the spot with Naruto.

"So I guess since you got over your fainting spells I can ask you a question. Would you… Like to go out with me, you know, on a date?" She immediately smiled frantically nodding and brought him into a very gentle hug pressing her chest up against his inadvertently showing that there was a bit more flesh under her jacket than she led on.

"So how big are they?" Kyu asked in an attempt to tease him since she couldn't get out and smack the both of them.

'Much smaller than yours, but still probably a big handful, I'd say about a 'C'.' he replied just to make her jealous, even though he wasn't lying one bit. Hinata let him out of the hug and looked at her bare feet while wiggling her toes.

"You t-took my s-shoes off?" she asked still looking at her toes.

"Yeah, they looked uncomfortable, why are they so small?" he inquired.

"They aren't r-really small, just t-tight. I keep them tighter than usual to h-hold my ankle better for the agile m-movements I do." She responded still with her head down

"I'll tell you what; in my travels I saw many different types of shoes. One of them should give you the stability you need and the comfort you deserve. I should be able to make a henge of it at a local store so they can create you a pair." The blonde suggested with a smile.

"You d-don't need to b-bother, It doesn't h-hurt that b-bad." She responded quietly.

"Nonsense, footwear shouldn't hurt. If you are in pain, even in the slightest bit, it can upset your fighting. That will be the first stop we make today, and I won't allow you to convince me otherwise."

"What d-do you m-mean today?" she wondered.

"Well, I was thinking that since you didn't have a mission today and I was free, that we'd cash in that date I asked you about right now." He answered still smiling.

"That's ok, you d-don't have t-to." Hinata looked up to see his smiling face.

"Why you don't want to?"

"N-no, it j-just that, well I…" her cheeks flushed embarrassingly as she looked at her toes again while not finishing her statement. Naruto ignored this as well, as he too looked to her feet that clearly had reddened areas from the tight straps.

"Are you sure your feet don't hurt? They look painful to me." He commented as he reached out and touched the surprisingly soft, irritated skin causing her to fidget embarrassingly at his touch.

"D-don't touch t-them please." She begged as she kept squirming in his lap.

"Why? There is nothing wrong with your feet, they are cute like you." he assured with a smile.

"What? You r-really t-think I'm c-c-cute?" she asked initially not noticing he started to lightly massage her foot. "N-no stop N-Naruto-kun." He ignored her protests and kept massaging her feet as she started squirming more. "Ahhhh, mmmm" she screamed out pleasurably before covering her mouth to keep from drawing attention. Her eyes were closed as she was writhing under his touch while her breathing got quicker and shallower each moment.

"Naruto-kun stop!!" screamed Kyu causing him to pause.

'Huh? Why it was just a little massage? Nothing harmful or perverted'

"Not for her, just look at her, she was getting off on the massage similar to directly touching her… womanly parts."

'Oh… oooooohhhhhh.' Naruto finally caught exactly what she was saying and was slightly embarrassed.

"I'm sorry Hinata-chan, I should have stopped when you asked." He relented.

"N-no, m-my… fault. You didn't know." She stuttered between breaths. "It f-felt good, j-just not appropriate right n-now."

"Still I should have listened; you have never said anything not worth listening to." Deciding to change the subject quickly, he posed another question. "So are you ready to go out now?"

"I n-need to go home f-first, it's just a few b-blocks away, you can come with m-me." She quickly put her shoes on and ran all the way to her house with Naruto right behind. Since the Hyuuga manor was fashioned very much like an apartment complex, Hinata let Naruto wait for her outside the door to her room, since it wasn't forbidden to do so.

The moment she closed and locked the door she wasted no time in stripping off all her clothes, including her very damp undergarment, before lying down on her bed and started touching herself vigorously as the thought of her crush being only feet away, while she was doing this, turned her on more.

Naruto, surprisingly, sat patiently waiting for her return when he heard small muffled moan like sounds before a louder muffled scream come from her room.

'Kyu-chan, do you think she is alright?' he asked being as dense as ever.

"I think she is doing just fine, just leave her be for a little while longer." She told him, knowing full well that Hinata was relieving the sexual tension built up from earlier.

He continued to wait through a few more muffled sounds followed by some shuffling before she came out, about 45 minutes after going in, wearing pants like before, only tighter, and a lavender short sleeved t-shirt sporting the Hyuuga flame symbol. Her face contained a satisfied smile and a deep blush from making him wait while she took care of her urges.

"I'm r-ready to g-go, N-Naruto-kun." She stuttered out while still smiling sweetly with a fading blush.

"Going where." Demanded Hiashi as he quickly intercepted the two as they started to venture out.

"F-father…"

"My apologies Hyuuga-sama, I was just taking your daughter out for a walk, lunch and to find some new clothing. I've been gone so long that I needed someone to help me so I decided to ask Hinata-chan." Naruto explained to the cold Hyuuga.

"Hinata-chan is it now? My first opinion is that I don't like you one bit." Replied the stern clan head.

"Well, you are her father, so you aren't supposed to like any guy that takes her out." Naruto wittingly replied.

"Yes, you are correct I wouldn't, but you are the first to even try. If you touch her inappropriately or get her back here after 10:00, I will hunt you down." Threatened Hiashi.

"As it should be; now if you please, we will be on our way." Surprisingly Hiashi stepped back and let the two continue on without anymore hassle. They were out in the streets of Konoha quickly afterwards and were walking along, nearly a foot apart, silently until Naruto had to break the silence since he couldn't watch her fiddling anymore.

"Well, I thought your father wasn't too bad. I was sure he was going to make me fight him or something." He joked trying to lighten the mood.

"Um…, y-yeah it w-was quite st-strange of him."

"You know Hinata-chan, your stutter is kind of cute, but it gets hard to understand you sometimes. I think we need to work on your confidence. We don't need to change you any, but I'd like to understand what you are saying easier."

"Y-yeah." He smiled at her and swiped a hand away from her habitual action and laced his fingers with hers causing her to blush uncontrollably with a wide smile. She didn't pay any attention where he was silently taking her; she just kept her eyes on either his face or their joined hands wondering how the hell this happened without her confessing any feelings for him. Her thoughts were canceled quickly when he pulled her into a custom footwear shop owned by an older couple that moved to Konoha three years ago, and were struggling to make a name for themselves, so they were happy to see customers.

"Well hello you two, what can I do for you?" asked the 40 year old man, wearing a standard leather work apron, stepping from around his empty workbench looking absolutely giddy over having customers.

"I have a project I wish you to attempt. Hinata-chan needs a shoe that looks good but still supports her ankles for her unique movements and she has found nothing that suits her other than to tighten her footwear to the point that it hurts her feet. So I have a design in mind that should be perfect." He offered up.

"Really now, the sandal she is wearing is the best in this village for support unless you went with a gaudy combat boot. So then, tell me what this design of yours is." Asked the man clearly intrigued.

"I'll do you one better." He quickly created a clone and had it transform into the object in his mind. When it appeared, Hinata immediately loved the look. It was kind of simple in design but would do every thing he promised.

"Is t-that actually functioning?" Hinata asked looking at it.

"Yep, and it is about your size, you can try it on if you want." She smiled at him and immediately took the shoe and slipped in on and immediately fell in love with the comfort and support.

"See, simply put, it is a twist on your current sandal but it has a taller ankle strap and more straps around the foot holding it in place instead of just the one plus, it is still missing the toe so you can still show of your cute little toes." (basically a fisherman sandal. I'm sure they have something like that already, but pretend they don't for this story)

"And t-they feel so g-good." She replied while watching her toes as she wiggled them.

"Sir, if you c-can make shoes like t-this, I will buy twelve." She told him causing his eyes to nearly fall out of his head while frantically nodding.

"So simple of a design, how could no one have made them yet? Of course my lady I'll get started right away." Immediately the man turned and ran to his work bench but then realized the model boot was still on her foot and had to go back.

"My apologies, but I need the model shoe to make them, and if I may, I would like to give you 20 percent of all profits if I can sell this design in my shop exclusively."

"Sure, that design exists in a country far away from here, so it shouldn't be a problem, but you have to call it something weird like the 'Hina Sandal' or something." The name made Hinata blush as the man agreed. After giving him his savings account number with the sandal, and instructing him that he would only have an hour with it before it disappeared, they left the store and moved onward to a clothing store to buy some clothes (duh) since his were all damaged from training.

Hinata helped him pick out various items in the store and blushed many times when he would display some of the clothing for her, of course irritating Kyu who was watching his every movement. He ended up with a few changes of clothes that might last a week with his training, but was quite happy with himself since he even managed to get Hinata to display a two piece swimsuit in front of him showing off her perfect petite form and decent sized chest, completely pissing off the vixen within, but she remained silent.

The day continued pleasantly through lunch, after dropping off his purchases, followed by a nice walk through the park where Hinata got him to cuddle with her a bit before realizing it was getting late in the day and found another place for an evening meal. They found themselves talking more smoothly than before over the meal which seemed to end the day too quickly for the small Hyuuga. They wandered through town a little afterwards, while holding hands, before they decided to call it a night. Naruto escorted her back to the main door of the Hyuuga Manor where they had to part.

"So, Hinata-chan, I had a fun time today."

"So did I Naruto-kun, it was a day I will always remember." She said clearly making Naruto smile

"Did you know that you managed to not stutter once in that sentence? When you talk clearly I can tell you have a very pretty voice." She of course blushed.

"Thank you Naruto-kun, it was all because of you." She said almost inaudibly as she started leaning forward slightly. (big ol cliché time!)

"Hinata, I…" he couldn't finish as his body went of its own accord and met her halfway pressing their lips together in a very tender kiss and holding it there for at least five seconds.

"I need to ask you one more thing Hinata-chan, why did you, um, make out with me earlier?" She let out a squeak from not remembering that and immediately her blush darkened.

"I, um, thought it was a dream." She shyly remarked.

"Oh, so you have dreamt about me?" he asked.

"Yes, um, a lot." She told him while almost fainting from the secret being shed.

"Really?" he said as he turned away from her and started to walk away, causing her heart to fall. Suddenly he turned back around with a blush on his own face. "Well, I've had lots with you also." He mentioned before a light wave and he was gone.

Hinata was ecstatic over the revelation that he may care for her as she does him. She opened the large door to the Hyuuga manor and entered with a large smile on her face. The smile never even faltered when she found herself standing in the ominous presence of her father. She ran up to him and trapped him in a warm embrace shocking him.

"Thank you father, I had a wonderful time with him, could he take me out again?" Hiashi was flabbergasted, never once has he seen his daughter not look away or not even stutter once in his presence, and it was all because of a single day spent with the village outcast. (it is very hard to write her stuttering all the time, so I sped that up as well)

"Hinata, you can see him freely, you have my blessing to see where your heart leads you. He has done more for your character in a single day than I have ever accomplished with you; just don't get that involved too soon." She blushed madly knowing what his statement meant and quickly disappeared from his presence into her room. She quickly shut the door before doing a half twirl on the ball of her foot before flopping backwards onto her bed with her arms out wide letting out a very happy sigh in the process.

"I can't believe it; father is letting me see him freely and actually didn't forbid me from having sex with him in the future. I have to be the luckiest girl alive!" she closed her eyes and before she knew it, she was out.

(Ending Notes)

Sure there are some clichés but you just can't deny the whole kissing after a date, it really happens so why do people call it a cliché? Is it also a cliché just to have a date since it too is over done?

Anyways, thanks for stopping in and if you want faster updates give me more useful critique other than just a "good chapter update soon" canned response other wise it falls to the usual three per week.

Next Time: Another day with Hinata, and a brief time skip (one week) when Hinata has a mission to complete, but things take a serious turn in their relationship. Until then...Later