Ohhh it's a disclaimer.

Last time

I think I like naruto-kun/ruby-chan

now

silence ran out in both rooms. Menma, being the emotionally dead moron that he is, left without saying a word OR even laughing. Yang on the other hand… "OH MY GOD! MY LITTLE SISTER HAS A CRUSH!" she ran forward and hugged ruby while squealing, making ruby thankful for the sound proof seals naruto had put in earlier that day. "YANG! YOUR CRUSHING ME!". Yang looked down to see her sister turn blue with fogged eyes, showing that once again, her hug had cut off air circulation to the victim of the 'YANGER' as her sister called it.

"OH MY GOD RUBY, IM SORRY! Can you breathe now?". Ruby glared up from the floor, looking at her sheepish looking sister "you are sooooo lucky I don't have crecent rose on me right now" yang, despite the threat, couldn't help but take the chance to tease ruby "oh don't worry, I think your boyfriend will have it finished by morning" "yeah he prob-HEY! This Is why I never tell you anything! Last time you made that kind of joke, hashirama almost made a move on me BECAUSE HE HEARD YOU!"

yang's grin grew even more when her sister dug herself into a bigger hole "oh I wouldn't worry about anyone hearing you. I think naruto put up the silencing seals for that exact reason." The teasing was set in with the seductive wink yang gave her sister. Now normally ruby would scream or hit her sister for such thoughts. Now however, she simply went rigid while the thoughts went through her head, a small drop of blood dripping from her nose. Yang noticed this and went from teasing to 'big sister mode' in an instant.

"oh my god you're actually thinking of that! WHO CORRUPTED YOU! IMA KILL EM!" ruby snapped out of her trance and stopped yang before she went on a littoral man hunt. "YANG! No one corrupted me! You forget that when we were mito's clones, I wasn't exactly innocent! How else were me and wiess going to pass on our blood if we didn't actually MAKE a child?!" now it was yangs turn to go crimson as she remembered the experimental relationship she and her sister had with their partners in order to pass on their genes.

"um yeah.. sorry about that rubes.. I guess we need about the whiskered blond though, don't we.?" The mood was killed in an instant as ruby realised she would not get away from the occurrence known as 'the new crush talk'. "oh.. um ok… what do we talk about?" "why do you like him?" ruby just sighed, knowing what she was about to talk about was NOT a happy conversation. "he… he reminds me of jaune.." yang simply frowned when she heard that.. this wasn't easy for ruby. "I don't just mean in looks either… he.. he has his heart. His kind smile and gaze.. when he defended us in the tomb i… I was reminded of when jaune helped me up outside beacon. I saw his brilliant smile, his bravery and just now.. naruto even demonstrated jaune's terrible love of romantic gestures."

Ruby then got out the dagger naruto made for her. Yang gaped at the beautiful piece of art infront of her "is that a rose dagger!?" "yeah.. I asked him to make a weapon for me, something to take his mind of what inari said.. he looked directly at me when he made this." Yang was almost crying at how childlike and pure this gesture seemed. "ruby.. you like him. No questions about it. And I think he likes you too". THAT was when ruby's head snapped up as she jumped at yang, dropping the dagger in the process so as to not stab her sister "WHAT? Do you think so?! How do you know!?"

Yang simply gave a smile "look at the petal shapes and the pattern in the vines.." and she did. What she saw made her eyes tear up and widen. Each petal and gap in the vines was a heart. Each a different size but still a heart. The ones she focused on was what truly got to her. Two petals, one was lighter like orange and another was darker like crimson. They were fused together under the blade to make a swirled heart of orange and red.

"before you go jump him, I suggest you listen. You saw his memories; he doesn't know what love is or even crushes are. He's probably freaking out right now even more than you are. Its probably best if someone goes and talks to him and considering his only teammate awake right now is that twat menma, it should be me. We're both the blonds of our teams after all". As yang got up to go speak to her sister's crush, ruby simply sat there looking at the swirled heart… 'naruto…'

Naruto's room

Yang was correct when she said that naruto was freaking out. In the time the talk took place, He had sealed himself away in a metal sphere, crying in confusion. This was what yang walked in on, her heart breaking at the childlike cries. Quickly acting before naruto could tell she was there, she tore open the shell and pulled naruto into a hug. "shhh its ok, its ok. Big yang is here… let it out little guy". Normally you would think she was insane, talking to a dangerous shinobi like he was a kid. But that was exactly what naruto was.. for all his strength and what the last four months had given to him, there was one truth everyone forgot about naruto.

He was still a young orphan who wanted love. A child who never had anyone to help him understand his feelings… and who never had someone to hug and sooth him when he was scared or confused.. something yang was now offering to him. "it's ok.. ruby told me what happened.. she's freaked out to y'know?" naruto nodded into yangs shoulder.. "do you want to know something cool" "w-what?!" naruto looked up to see a cheesy smile on yang's face "ruby likes you too. Do you want to know why?" not trusting his voice he nodded again "well.. its because you remind her of someone precious to her. Jaune remember? In her words you have his heart, bravery, his kindness and if that dagger I saw was any indication, his 'terribly cheesy yet unpredictable sense of romance'"

Naruto gave a small tearful laugh at that, the irony that HE was good with romance not being lost on him "now I want to ask, why do you like her?" naruto pulled into himself at that question "i-I don't know" "no, your brain doesn't know. Let your heart tell me why you like ruby". Whipping the tears from his eyes, he gave a small smile as he let the words flow forth.

"I… I like ruby because of who she is. Not only do we share interests such as weapons and creations but.. I like her eyes. the silver in them shines like liquid metal. Her gaze makes me feel like I am in a warm bed with rain on the windows. I could look into those eyes for the rest of my life and never get bored of the reflections of happiness and adventure in them. Her smile is like a candle in the night I used to have as a child. I would be scared of the darkness but then I lit the candle and all the fear faded. In its place was what I wanted to be. A small flame, strong enough to push away the darkness.. ruby was my candle tonight after I gave in to anger and… I feel weird, almost empty now that candle isn't here."

Yang could only smile through the tears running down her face. What she had just heard was the sweetest, most loving confession of a person's feelings she had ever heard in all three of her lifetimes. Still she decided to break the ice using what naruto just said. "oh so your candles gone eh? Am I not good enough?" "n-n-no you're great! But you're like a raging fire, you burn everything away and you're great to be around, warm and bright… but ruby is calming and humbling… you make me feel happy and ready to go out and fight… but ruby makes me feel ready to LIVE"

Ok, that had settled it. Naruto not only liked ruby but LOVED her. Yang just sat there in silence, watching the blond boy leaning against her side. "well you have my blessing" seeing naruto look at her in shock she decided to elaborate. "what? As her older sister and only living relative, I get to decide who I am ok with her dating. You just melted my heart with that so I can only imagine how happy you will make her. Besides, someone as small as you? I think ruby would love having a blond teddy bear to snuggle up to"

She expected naruto to freak or shout at her, but instead he simply smiled and hummed "hmmm.. I think I would like that too.. I always did like the sent of roses when I slept" yang gaped when she heard that. realising that he had meant it in a romantic sense she smiled and laid naruto back down. "with words like that kid, you'll go far. Now I got to make sure my sister isn't freaking out without me. See you tomorrow lover boy".

Leaving the room and ignoring the pillow thrown at her, she turned to the left to see her sister and remaining team mates. "so you guys heard all that?" "yeah.. i'm almost jealous of the dolt" "wiess we know you go for girls so don't make her paranoid." "sorry blake, couldn't resist. So how are you taking this ruby… ruby?" the four looked to ruby.

She had a small smile with tears running down her cheeks as she looked over thorn, running her thumb over the swirled heart. "I'm fine wiess.. in fact… I think I'm gonna have a great time from now on." "do you mean-" "yes…"

"I think jaune is giving me a second chance"