Luck was on Naruto's side tonight, and he couldn't have been more relieved. Misaki's Aunt Shoko liked him a lot, but even she had her limits of understanding. After a bout of half an hour of splashing, Naruto stopped hearing giggling and talking, but instead heard Misaki's breath slow down. His eyes widened, and turned around, and as he expected, Misaki fainted in the tub. So after grabbing her bath towel, and turning his head away, he managed to get Misaki out of the water, and wrapped her in the bath towel. Unfortunately, Shoko walked in, just as he positioned Misaki in his arms bridle style. Silence was shared between them momentarily, and Naruto was scared for his life. Instead of yelling or beating him up, Shoko calmly walked up, took Misaki in his arms, went to her room, and slammed the door behind them. Naruto waited patiently, and when Shoko came out, she looked at Naruto and sighed.

"She fainted in the tub didn't she?" Shoko asked.

"Yes ma'am." Naruto nodded.

"Thanks for being there with her." The woman replied, rubbing Naruto's head. "Look, I know I don't say this enough, but I trust you with my niece, you're the last person I'd assume things about. Now, Misaki's in her pajamas, so it's safe to go in her room now. Will you be sleeping with her tonight?"

"Yes ma'am. She gets terrible nightmares if I don't." Naruto replied, no matter where he slept in this apartment, Misaki would find him, and make it a point to curl up to him.

"All right. Just don't stay up too late. You're sleeping in the same bed as her, right?" She smirked knowingly. Naruto nodded and looked away slightly. "Naruto…I've told you once, I've told you over a thousand times, we approve of you getting with Misaki. Shuko is already calling you her son-in-law." Naruto blushed bright red at that. "Besides, no matter where you sleep here, Misaki will end up with you. So goodnight little nephew-in-law." She smiled before going to bed herself.

Shaking his head of his thoughts, Naruto sighed again in relief. He was glad that Misaki's family thought so highly of him, especially considering how he was treated in Konoha, but marriage was something that Naruto truly didn't want to think about. What girl would marry him? "Hmmm…" Misaki groaned in her sleep, and snuggled closer to Naruto. Naruto tightened his grip around her in response, and smiled. Sleeping in the same bed as Misaki like this was great. She felt safe, he felt releaxed, and neither of them wanted the other's company to leave. Feeling secure enough in his last thought, Naruto drifted off to sleep himself, his senses sharp for any danger that may come.

MORNING

Groaning in his sleep, Naruto suddenly threw a kunai. Hereing a screech, he sat up, holding Misaki close to him, and looked around for danger. When he looked to the wall, he relaxed but still looked annoyed. Infact, he was pissed. Icchan was twitching from shock, and felt as though he'd be split into under Naruto's gaze.

"L-lo-ok! I just wanted to show Shuko how cute-"

"Icchan-san." Naruto interrupted.

"Yes?" He asked nervously.

"I'll allow you to choose. The camera or your life." Naruto said simply.

Sweating profusely, he pointed to where he dropped it. "Take it! It's yours!!" Carfeuly getting out of bed, so not disturb Misaki (who slept through the whole thing), Naruto calmly walked over to the camera, and stomped it to pieces.

Looking up at Icchan, he said, "Try anything like that again, and it'll be your bones in pieces."

"Understand!! Totally!! You're the boss!!" Icchan said practically begging for his life.

Removing his kunai from Icchan, he gave Icchan a look- 'out'. Not needed to be told twice, Icchan quickly ran away. Naruto hoped all that commotion wouldn't wake Misaki, but it was rare for him to be up before her anyhow. Speaking of which, Misaki groaned and slowly sat up. Looking around the room, and then at Naruto, she asked, "Did something happen?"

Smiling, Naruto said, "Of course not."

"Oh. Well I better prepare breakfeast for Miss Shoko." She said, hurrying out of bed. Naruto followed her to the kitchen, eager to have Misaki's cooking once again.

AN HOUR LATER

"Naruto, I'm sorry you can't come to school with me." Misaki tried to get Naruto to stay home for once, instead of causing mayhem at her school.

"Misaki, we have this argument every time; no- I won't stop following you, no- I won't follow you into the girl's locker room, yes-you have to wear gym shorts, not bloomers, and yes- I'll be quiet during your classes." Honestly, they have had this argument so many times, that he memorized how to shot down each argument.

"Mou Naruto-chan…" It wasn't that Misaki didn't want Naruto at her school, but due to Naruto's unusual athletic ability, many students and teachers kept a close eye on him, and it didn't help that he wasn't bothering to wear their uniform in order to blend in. So whenever he came, people would question Misaki, Naruto would take it as a threat to her, and 24hrs of war would break out through the school. Sighing, Misaki knew it was going to be one of those days.

School Starts

Yep, school went as expected. The academic classes weren't as bad since Naruto rarely had any interest in what they were teaching, but in gym class, it got bad. Thank kami-sama, it wasn't swimming season, otherwise Naruto wouldn't have let her go outside. But in gym class, Misaki insisted that she wanted to try at least one of the activities, and today was tennis. Despiter her friend's annoyance, she managed to convince him that it would be a good experience for her. Naruto knew Misaki wanted to be more active, as well as participate with her class, so, with a close eye, he agreed. But after five minutes of the tennis match, the ball accidently socked Misaki in the knee. Naruto was at her side a second later, and carried her over to the bleachers. "Misaki, are you alright?!"

"I'm fine Nartuo, the ball didn't hit me too hard." She winced. In truth, the ball struck pretty hard, and a big bruise was already forming on her leg. Seeing the forming bruise, Naruto turned his attention to the class of on-lookers.

"Which one of you hit that??" He asked in a calm voice. When no one was going to vouch for the evil deed, Misaki tugged on Naruto's sleeve, getting his attention.

"Naruto…could you go get the nurse, I think the gym teacher wants to talk to me." Misaki attempted to ease the tension. Naruto looked at her briefly, but sighed.

"Fine." He hopped off the bleachers, but before he took off, he turned to the students. "Anyone who touches her while I'm gone, won't have any fingers by the end of the day." With that, he vanished behind the door.

With the ninja boy gone, the questions came in. "Sugoi Suzuhara, your boyfriend's so cool!" One girl said.

"If only all boys treated girls this way!!" Said another girl.

"Does he have a brother?!" Said another girl.

"Hey, I want to date Uzumaki-kun's brother!!" Was the last coherent question Misaki heard. Unsurprisingly, Naruto was pretty popular among the girls in her school. Not only was he good-looking, but he displayed the almost extinct qualities of chivalry and dedication. The way most girls saw it, Naruto was devoted to Misaki in such a way, that they absolutely refused to believe that she and Naruto weren't together. Not only did the girls find her and Naruto cute together, but they did absolutely everything in their power to ensure that she and Naruto stayed together. Misaki assumed they felt protective over her due to her small stature, and felt as though Naruto would be the best at taking care of her. Despite the awkward connotations they held, Misaki didn't mind such assumptions. It kept other girls away from him, and it only made her friendship with Naruto all-the-more special.

"Hey Suzuhara!" Misaki turned to one of the boys in her class. He was tall, average-looking, and didn't look happy. "Tell your boyfriend to stop stealing the hearts of the girls in this school!" The boys in her class crossed their arms in agreement. Misaki sweatdropped. Though the female population of her school were crazy about her and Naruto (even to the extent of writing romance novels about them), the boys somewhat hated him. Obviously, Naruto never had a relationship with anyone at her school, but that didn't stop the girls from sizing up the normal boys; comparing them with the ninja prince charming. Because of this, the boys were almost rejected immediately if they asked a girl at her school out.

"HEY!! QUIT TALKING TO SUZUHARA-CHAN LIKE THAT!! YOU'LL UPSET UZUMAKI-KUN!!" The girls yelled. By now the gym was divided: girls vs boys, and Misaki was dead in the middle.

"Hey Misaki." The girl jumped at the sudden voice.

"The nurse says you can go home since this your last class, so I told the principal I taking you home. I got your backpack too." Naruto handed her the pack. Misaki stared momentarily at him, then back at the glaring boys and swooning girls.

"Um…yeah, I'll change, and we can go." Misaki hurried into the locker room, and Naruto followed her out into the hallway, and waited for her to be done.

All right people! I'm kind of pissed off! Here I am, writing this story, yet I barely get any reviews, nor any ideas about where the story goes from here!! You get a couple more freeby chapters, but don't expect anything else until you people contribute some ideas!!