Ino awaken due to a sound of a tree crashing, followed by a loud "DAMMIT!" she rubbed her eyes and looked at the sky, the moon was still which meant it was early which mean she didn't get much sleep. Ino wasn't exactly a morning person either, she was closing her eyes again about to fall into a peaceful sleep when another large crash could be heard followed by a thump. 'What the hell! It's the middle of the friggin night'

She reluctantly stood up stretching her muscles and began to head towards where the sound was coming from. 'I bet that it's Naruto, when I see him, I'll give him hell waking me out of my sleep like that who the he....' her thoughts were interrupted when sound could be heard coming from the bushes. Ino face became serious knowing that it would be Naruto "get you ass out here now!" she yelled, her teeth clenched. Slowly Naruto made his way from out of the bushes. Ino was ready to give him a piece of her mind, when she saw the condition he was in. his body was battered and his clothes were torn. She quickly raced her way over to him, catching him when he collapsed from exhaustion "what the hell happened" she whispered to herself. She sighed and began to drag him back to where the campsite was. She slowly pulled him on top of his mat removing his ripped jacket from his dirty bleeding arms. She then proceeded to remove his shirt, cutting it in the middle so she wouldn't cause him pain while trying to move him; she blushed slightly but then a curious look came upon her face. 'What is that?' her fingers traced over the markings on his abdomen he stirred slightly and she quickly removed her hand. Pushing her curiosity away, she began to clean his wounds not surprised that some were already starting to heal on their own. She began to wrap some of the more injured parts of him, when she finished she wiped her forehead; she then used medical skills to heal some of the smaller cuts. Finally finishing the job she covered him and lay back down on her own mat. 'wow that took a lot out of me' she looked over to Naruto who was snoring slightly 'he just needs rest now, he should be fine later' her eyes then landed back on the moon, the blond girls eye lids suddenly felt heavy as she felt the need to sleep wash over her, she was quickly asleep, she at least deserved to sleep.

Later on that day Ino woke due to the feeling of someone's eyes on her, her eyes fluttered slightly "huh?" she wiped her eyes, her vision became clear; only to see a blond hair male with blue sapphire eyes staring "what the…Naruto?" she sat up and rubbed her head.

"What's up Ino!" he said smiling at her, she blinked her eyes and a look of confusion crossed her pretty features.

"you're …not, but how…are you ok?" she asked not really knowing what to say, he was still supposed to be knocked out till at least noon, it just wasn't possible to be ready and healthy after having so much energy spent.

"Yeahhh why wouldn't I be?" he raised one eyebrow questionably, there was an uneasy silence between the two before Naruto finally spoke "so how did I get back, to the camp? All I remembered was that I training and then crashed". He said rubbing his head.

Ino finally came out of her thoughts "I dragged you back here" she answered, her face suddenly became serious "don't over due yourself like that, I thought something bad happened, you could get seriously hurt doing dumb things like that!" she yelled.

Naruto was getting ready to snap back when he realized she was just concerned for him, his eyes softened and big smile came on his face "aww you don't have to worry me Ino-Chan, I'm fine"

A blush spread across her face and she quickly turned her head so he wouldn't see her face "hmph like I would let myself get to concerned over you, I just wouldn't want you to die before we even start the mission" she huffed out, saying almost the exact same words he had said to her.

Naruto put on an angry face "ya know I was just kidding when I said that to you. You don't have to take everything so serious" he said pointing at her.

Ino looked back at him and raised an eyebrow "so you really do care about me?" she said a smirk on her face "you're so sweet Naruto" she giggled as she watched his face turn bright red.

Naruto felt his face heat up and turned around, he began to pack his stuff up when he remembered he didn't have a shirt on "hey where the heck is my shirt!?" he asked looking around.

"I had to take it off while dressing your wounds, I didn't want to disturb you so I just cut it" she said pointing to his jacket and shredded shirt.

Naruto's jaw dropped "my jacket!" he ran over checking on his clothes; it was too late, they were just too ruined. Fake tears began to fall out his eyes and he opened his bag pulling out a good, black t-shirt. He quickly pulled it on, looking back up he saw Ino staring at him. "Like what ya see?" he said chuckling, he began to laugh when he saw her blush.

"Alright knock it off it's almost noon and I wanna hurry up and see the prince" she exclaimed, stars in her eyes. Naruto rolled his eyes and handed her, her bag. 'Something's will never change'. They were not to far from the sand village anyway, not bad timing, they would probably reach the prince in a day or two.

As they continued to walk, Naruto had the feeling that they were being watched but just ignored it, he was going to be cautious and decided to tell Ino "hey Ino do you have the feeling that we're being…"

"Watched" she finished for him her eyes scanning the place. She was also being careful "just keep your guard up" she said preparing for any attack that could be thrown at her.

And that's the end of that chapter, sry if that one may seem a little rushed its just that I'm not even suppose to be on the computer right now, so I pushed my luck be happy I did this lol, i'm gonna try to make a action scene but mines usually suck