Hey all. It's extremely short, but felt it had to be done. I hope you enjoy, I tried to make this another slow chapter, with a bit of tension between the couple. I really just need everyone to know that this story is not dead, not by a long shot. And I hope you all enjoy.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Kim Possible
Dragging his feet as he made his way through the halls of the forest tower, his team having just arrived, Naruto followed the directions he had been given to his room. Each village had separate sections designated for their shinobi within the tower, which held several rooms, so that each shinobi didn't have to share a room with their teammates, especially if they happened to have members of the opposite sex. He expected to take a hot shower and a good night sleep upon arriving. He did not expect to find his new wife in his room waiting on the bed.
"Wait a minute, how did you get here?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. "I figured you'd be back at the apartment."
"Well," said Kim, sitting up. "One of those masked guys showed up and told me that the Hokage thought it would be interesting for me to come and meet you here. He wants me to spend time with your team a little bit, not just you. So I got an escort through the forest, and I've been waiting here almost a day. I have to admit, it's kind of boring without you around."
"I'll take that as a compliment," said Naruto, smiling and shaking his head. "Do you need to use the bathroom at all, or can I get in to shower?"
"Go ahead, knock yourself out," replied Kim, laying back down on the one bed in the room, messing with her Kimmunicator. Entering the bathroom, Naruto stripped out of his dirty clothes and stepped into the shower, jumping back as the cold water struck him before warming to a more suitable temperature. Leaning against the wall, he let the water hit his head, running down his body to his feet, and let out a sigh.
His entire shower took only five minutes, just enough for him to get clean and throw on his sleep-wear. He debated wearing his cap, which was a gift from Iruka, but instead decided against it, as now that he was living with someone else, he actually felt a shred of embarrassment from wearing it. Buttoning the shirt up, he exited the bathroom, finding that Kim was waiting for the shower now, obviously looking to get clean before bed as well.
Searching through his things, he found the sleeping bag he had been using in the forest, and unrolled it. The room was sparse, with only one bed, no furniture, and one bathroom, and the floor itself wasn't even carpeted, leaving only the cold stone floor for the blonde to sleep on...or so he thought.
"What are you doing on the floor?" asked Kim, exiting the bathroom in her own sleep attire, which consisted of a simple white sleeveless shirt and a pair of what looked like sweat-pants. She looked down on him incredulously as she pulled out a hair brush to do her hair.
"What do you mean?" asked Naruto. "You're the lady here. You can take the bed." Kim shook her head.
"Oh no you don't," she said. "I can take the floor for now. You've just spent three days in a dark forest, and who knows what you've got to do next. You take the bed." Naruto was touched by her concern, but being the gentleman he was, couldn't accept the offer.
"No, I'm fine," he said. "I can sleep almost anywhere, and I'm not going to take the bed and leave you sleeping on the floor. So thanks for the offer, but I can sleep here." Kim just frowned at his announcement.
"Well, I'm not going to take the bed while you're on the floor either" she announced, sitting down next to the sleeping bag and crossing her arms. "I'm sleeping on the floor, so you might as well climb into that bed and get some sleep, because I'm not arguing with you on this." The two just stared at each other before Naruto just sighed.
"Well, I don't want to see you having to sleep on the floor, and you apparently don't want to see me sleeping on the floor," he said, shaking his head. "Would you take the bed if I did?"
"What, you mean sleep together?" asked Kim, raising an eyebrow.
"Well, it's obvious that we both want the other to have the bed, and neither of us is going to take it if the other doesn't," replied Naruto. "We don't have to do anything, just sleep next to each other."
"Um, sure, I guess," said Kim. "If it'll keep you from sleeping on the floor, I guess we could give it a try."
"Alright," sighed Naruto, pulling himself from the sleeping bag and taking Kim's hand as the two stood and looked to the bed, both blushing something furious and refusing to look at the other. Motioning with his hand for Kim to go first, which she did, pulling back the blankets and sliding in, scooting over as Naruto got in bed behind her, pulling the covers up and turning away from the red-head, she doing the same to the blonde. A quick and awkward 'good-night' was uttered, before the two both fell into an unusually easy sleep for how awkward the situation was.
Naruto awoke to feel a slight weight on his chest. Opening his eyes slowly, the light of the room blinding him for a moment. Looking down, he saw Kim resting her head on his chest, and her hand wrapped over him, wormed behind his back. She seemed to still be sleeping quite peacefully, and Naruto couldn't help but smile, even with his blush still growing on his face. The blush growing larger as he realized the awkward, familiar feeling in his pajama pants.
"Note to self," thought Naruto. "My wife likes to cuddle, at least in her sleep." Managing to remove himself from Kim's grip without waking her, he slowly removed himself from the bed and made his way to the bathroom to get ready for the day.
Hearing the noise in the bathroom, Kim groggily sat up, before realizing which part of the bed she was curled on and scooting back to her side. As a blush threatened to creep over her face, the door opened to reveal Naruto, toothbrush lazily hanging from his mouth as he slipped a plain black t-shirt over his head, miraculously not disturbing the toothbrush.
"Hey, did I just move over to your side, or...?" asked Kim, embarrassed even asking the question. Her embarrassment grew as Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, absentmindedly removing the brush from his mouth to speak.
"Actually, you were laying on my chest when I got up," replied the blonde, trying desperately to not send toothpaste all over as he spoke. "I just figured you were cold or something, don't worry about it." Of course that was a lie, but Naruto wasn't about to let slip the fact he had entertained the thought that perhaps she was warming up to him in a way. Or even more embarrassing, the fact that he enjoyed it. "You wanna get dressed? Then we can head down to the cafeteria for breakfast."
"Sounds good to me," replied Kim, hopping out of bed and entering the bathroom to change. Pulling on her newer maroon shirt and black pants, but left her pouch-covered belt, as she wasn't thinking she really needed it. Exiting the bathroom, Naruto was allowed to spit and rinse, before the two made their way down to breakfast.
Entering the cafeteria, the first thing Naruto noticed was that there was a severe lack of teams that had arrived, and there was only one day left on the five-day limit. He did notice that all of the rookie teams from Konoha had apparently already made it to the tower, and were all sitting in a large group, sans Sasuke. But with as weird as Sasuke had been acting since the forest, Naruto wasn't too surprised.
Making their way over to the table, he announced himself with a simple, 'Hey guys.' The rookies all looked to the voice, and all but Sakura looked quizzically at Kim, none of them being aware of the forced marriage. Oddly enough, it was Hinata Hyuuga, her face bright red, that looked the red-head over with the most scrutiny, but Naruto and Kim just brushed it off.
"Hey you two," said Sakura, brushing her now shortened hair, and Kim began to wonder just what had gone on in the forest. "Did you sleep well?" Both blushed almost as deeply as Hinata, hearing the implication in Sakura's tone of voice. The other genin had mixed reactions, and almost all of them were comical enough to break the embarrassment felt by the two.
Shikamaru Nara, who had been leaning back in his chair, fell over completely in shock. It was the first time anyone had ever seen Choji Akimichi spit food or drink from his mouth. Ino Yamanaka looked absolutely livid, more than likely from the fact Sakura hadn't informed her of such juicy gossip.
Kiba Inuzuka gave a little wolf whistle, much to the pair's annoyance, and would have probably made a lewd remark, had Shino Aburame not gave him a nudge, before motioning toward the female member of their team, Hinata Hyuuga, who's face was a bright-red, but not from embarrassment, or shyness. Something in her eyes was...a bit angry. It took a lot to annoy Hinata, let alone piss her off, so Kiba decided it for the best to keep his remarks to himself.
Wait a minute," said Naruto, his voice hushed so as not to broadcast to the entire room. "How did you find out we shared the same bed last night?" Sakura just smirked and giggled.
"I didn't, until you just now told me," replied the pink-haired girl, causing Naruto to slam his head into the table, while Kim threw her hands up, exasperated.
"Oh fantastic, now everyone does know," she said, her embarrassment giving way to annoyance, before Ino put in her two cents.
"So wait a minute..." she said. "Since when does Naruto have a girlfriend?"
"Not girlfriend," said Sakura. "Wife. She and Naruto are married." Had they not been recovering from the shocking remark of Sakura earlier, each member of the group would have had an identical moment of surprise. Hinata was seething, gripping the edge of the table so tightly that her knuckles were becoming white. Besides finding herself angry at Kim for stealing her chance at her crush, she was just as angry at herself for now missing the chance at her crush.
"Damn Naruto," said Kiba, forgetting about Hinata. "Who would have thought you'd be the first one of us rookies to get a girl. So how'd you meet?"
"Oh, you know Kiba," said Naruto. "She kinda just fell right in my lap." Kim just palmed her face, her embarrassment returning yet again.
"Damn, some people have all the luck," said Kiba, standing. "I'm gonna go grab some of the grub they got here." Kim jumped suddenly as a small yip came from Kiba's hood, and a small puppy popped out, quietly, yet audibly, barking right in Kiba's ear.
"Oooh, yeah" said Kiba, licking his lips. "That steak did look good." As he walked away, Kim looked at everyone and asked the question.
"Did he just talk to his dog?" The others just laughed, bringing a new shade of red to Kim's cheeks.
"You don't know much about the clans, do you?" asked Choji between bites of his noodle dish.
"She's new here," replied Naruto in her defense, which she was somewhat grateful for. "She, uh, comes from a place outside the nations, where they don't have Shinobi."
"Oh, you came from over-seas then?" asked Ino, trying to find out anything about the new girl. "Kind of weird, but not unheard of. We get some traders come into the shop, looking for some of our rarer flowers, that come from outside the nations."
"Yeahhhh," said Kim after a moment. "So what's all this about clans?"
"There are some ninja families that have certain genetic abilities, or a group of techniques that they keep secret from all but the clan," said Shino, beginning the explanation. "My teammate Kiba's clan works with and emulates dogs in their techniques, and are able to communicate with their particular partners, whereas say, my own clan utilizes insects."
"Ok then..." said Kim, after a moment. "I guess that makes sense. I still have a lot to learn."
"You'll get it eventually," said Sakura, giving Kim a smile, the red-haired girl smiling back. They hadn't had much interaction, but Kim at least felt she had some form of female friend in the new world.
"Well, if you ever feel that urge to go out and buy clothes, I'm always up for a new pair of shoes," said Ino, giving a bright smile to Kim, to which she smiled back, adding another number to the amount of friends she had made.
"Sure," replied Kim. "Sounds like a plan. It will give me something to do around here at least, besides being trained."
"Awesome," said Ino, already preparing a list full of questions to ask the girl when they next ran into each other.
As Kiba returned, the group sans Hinata turned to pleasant conversation, most of it geared at the exams rather than Kim, which she was quite grateful for.
Chapter end.
Sorry guys, never meant to put this on Hiatus. I've just gotten busy with other projects, not all of them FanFiction related. I can guarantee that I will have another update of this story within the month, and no, that is not an April Fool's joke, I'm not attempting to kid you. I do have a couple questions, and a few story updates.
Currently, Evils of the Past is half way through. I need to decide the opening quote and to write up the fight scene.
Shadow of Vader: Revamped is currently being worked on. I'm attempting to come up with a decent way to alter the Search for Tsunade arc, with Neji traveling with Naruto/Vader and Jiraiya. And for those wondering, lightsabers will be coming within the next couple chapters.
Naruto: The Perfect Warrior is being written right now. I'm still attempting to decide just how much power Naruto currently has access to.
The Best Laid Plans is coming along. The whole deal with Orochimaru is going exactly as I want it, with everyone curious about what's going on. And for fans of the story, let me add, no Naruto will not be winging Karasuba. At this point in time, she had already been winged. Didn't mean to spoil anything, but it had to be said.
And now, for the question. I am currently in the midst of writing/contemplating four new stories. Two are finished, two are in the works. They are a crossover involving Kiki's Delivery Service, and a Crossover with Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. The two unfinished are a cross with Tenchi Muyo, and one with Artemis Fowl.
First question: Which story would you be most interested in seeing done?
Second Question: Whichever answer you gave for question 1, how would you most like to see it done?
Third Question (Is solely about this story): Now, how do you think this story is going (besides too long between updates)? Do you think the pairing is going too slow? Too fast? Are you confused on anything? Click on the little review button to answer these questions, and I promise to get back to anyone that has any concerns.
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