Nothing to say here except that I don't own Naruto. Enjoy.
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Inoichi was sitting behind the counter looking at a catalogue when he heard the door open. He looked up and said "Hi Naruto, How are you today?"
"I'm doing fine Inoich-san, how are you?
"I'm fine, is there something you need?
Unbeknownst to Naruto, Ino was standing around the corner peeking at them. He sure is sexy when he's scared. Don't be too mean to my Naru-kun Daddy. As she smiled.
"Well Inoichi-san, I was wondering if… you mind if I take Ino out for dinner Saturday night?"
"So you're asking me for my permission to let you take my little princess out on a date" Said Inoichi with an evil grin.
"Yes sir."
"Hmm… give me a reason why I should let you?"
"Well, we have known each other for a long time, you and my father have been friends for years, and so have Ino and myself. I really care for her and I promise to respect her sir."
"Aww that's so sweet" thought Ino as she watched from the shadows.
"Well then… that's a good enough reason for me. But remember Naruto, I work in the torture and interrogation department, so it goes without saying that you better not hurt my little girl." Said Inoichi with a wicked grin stretching from ear to ear.
"You have my word as a ninja sir, I will treat her like a princess and protect her with my life."
"Good, that's exactly what I wanted to hear." Said Inoichi as he smiled a normal smile and ruffled Naruto's hair.
"So can you tell Ino-chan that I stopped by and said hi please?"
"Well that won't be necessary." Said Inoichi as Ino stepped around the corner and smiled at Naruto.
"Ino-chan, how long have you been there?" Stuttered Naruto.
"Long enough." Said Ino with her evil grin.
Flashback to earlier today.
"Hey Daddy, guess what."
"What is it dear?"
"Naruto-kun finally asked me out!"
"Oh he did, did he?"
"Yep. I told him he had to come ask you for permission even though I knew what you would say." Said Ino as she winked at him.
"Yea yea you know I can't say no to my little princess."
"So Daddy, what are you gonna say to him?"
"Let me worry about that princess." Said Inoichi with an evil smirk.
"Don't be too mean to him Daddy, he's a really sweet boy."
"Okay, I won't be too mean to him."
"Thank you Daddy." Said Ino as she hugged him.
End flashback.
"Well congratulations you two. Just remember what I said Naruto." Said Inoichi as he aimed a little killing intent at Naruto and grinned when he shuddered. "Ino you can take the rest the day off I've got it under control here."
"Thanks Daddy!" yelled Ino as she grabbed Naruto's hand and drug him out the door.
"So where are we going Ino-chan?" said Naruto as he tried to keep up with Ino.
"We have to go tell Shikamaru and Choji that we're a couple now." Said Ino with a smile.
Wow, a couple with Naruto-kun. Ino Namikaze. I like the sound of that. Thought Ino.
"Okay whatever you say Ino-chan, could we slow down a little though?"
"Oh yea sure. Sorry I was a little exited" said Ino as she blushed and Naruto sweat dropped.
The new couple then continued to walk towards the Nara compound holding hands. As they got there Ino knocked on the door and a woman in her early 30's answered. "Hello Ino, Naruto. How are you two doing?"
"We're fine Yoshino, is Shikamaru home?"
"Sure let me get him." Said Yoshino. "SHIKAMARU YOU HAVE COMPANY!" she hollered up the stairs.
They soon heard footsteps along with a grunt of "troublesome" and Shikamaru appeared at the door.
"Hey guys, what brings you here on this troublesome night?"
"I got some great news Shikamaru!" said Ino.
"What, all genin are going to get a mission to lay on the grass and watch clouds the first day?" Said Shikamaru as his eyes lit up and he began to day dream until Ino slapped him upside the head. "No! I wanted to tell you that Naruto-kun asked me out today!" Said Ino with a smile.
"Naruto you don't know what you've got yourself into. Women are so troublesome." Said Shikamaru as both Ino and Yoshino smacked him in the head.
Naruto laughed at Shikamaru's misfortune and said "I think I'll be alright. Ino-chan isn't too troublesome." Said Naruto as he found himself laying on the ground beside Shikamaru with a foot on the side of his head.
"What was that Naru-kun?" Asked Ino.
"Told you." Said Shikamaru as he felt a foot land on his rib cage and Ino looked at him with fire in her eyes "NOONE ASKED YOU!" She yelled.
"Now where was I… Oh yea, what was it you said Naruto-kun?" She said in a scary sweet voice.
"Umm I said you're beautiful?"
"Aww thank you!" Said Ino as she stepped off of the boys and giggled.
As Naruto and Shikamaru both stood up Yoshino laughed at them and Ino said "Come on Naru-kun we have to go tell Choji now."
"Actually" said Shikamaru "Choji and his dad are gone camping outside the village until Friday morning. Akimichi rite of passage, you should know that Ino."
"Oh yea I forgot. Well we will just have to wait then. See ya later Shikamaru, Yoshino."
"See ya Shika, Yoshino-san." Said Naruto as they turned to walk off.
As soon as they were outside of the Nara compound Naruto wrapped his arm around Ino's waist and before she could say anything they disappeared in a flash of red light and reappeared on a hill looking over the village.
"Wow Naru-kun it's beautiful up here… Where are we?"
"On top of the Hokage monument. Where my face will be in a few years to be specific." Said Naruto as he giggled.
"Wow I've never been up here before."
"Yea not many people come here, but it has the best view in the village, and the sunset is absolutely stunning from up here."
"No kidding, but why did you bring me here?"
"To see the sunset that I spoke about." Said Naruto as he pulled out a scroll and unsealed a blanket.
He spread the blanket out on the ground and motioned for Ino to sit down. She came over and he lowered her down and sat down beside her. "I come up here a lot to relax after a hard day of training" said Naruto. "It's just something about this place I guess."
"Yea I see what you mean. I feel at ease here too." "Of course that may just be because I'm so close to you."
"Ino-chan."
"Yes Naru-kun?"
"Thank you for agreeing to go out with me. I've wanted to ask you for a while but I was scared you didn't like me back."
"Thank you for asking me. I have been waiting forever but I never wanted to say anything because like you, I was scared you didn't like me like that."
"Well we don't have to worry about that anymore do we?" Said Naruto as he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and she laid her head down on his shoulder.
"Nope." Said Ino with a big smile. As far as she was concerned this was heaven.
Friday morning, on top of the Hokage tower.
"Congratulations everyone, today you will officially become ninja of Konoha. You have all demonstrated the skills necessary to be a genin and serve your village. As I call your name, please come get your I.D. card." Said Minato who was dressed in his Hokage robe and hat.
"Shino Aburame" Shino walked up and got his ID card and said "Thank you Hokage-sama." As he bowed and returned to his seat.
Minato continued on down the list until Naruto's name was called.
"Naruto Namikaze." Naruto got up and walked to the front where he bowed and then took his card. "Thank you Hokage-sama. It will be an honor to serve under you." He then turned and went back to his seat while Minato continued down the list.
Once Minato finished he had called out 32 names. He then said to everyone at once "Congratulations once again on graduating and becoming genin. Now wait here and in a moment your jounin sensei will come by and talk to you.
A few minutes later, 13 people came out onto the roof with the genin and began to call out names. A beautiful younger lady who looked to be in her mid-20s stepped forward and called out "Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame, And Kiba Inuzuka, please step forward." They did as instructed and then the woman said. My name is Kurenai Yuuhi and I will be the sensei of team 8. Meet me at training ground 8 at 8AM Monday.
Next up was a man with a goatee who was smoking a cigarette and had a white sash with the kanji for "fire" around his waist and shoulder spoke up. "Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, Choji Akimichi, I am Asuma Sarutobi and I will be the sensei of team 10. Meet me at training ground 10 at 8AM Monday.
A few more came and spoke to their team and then Kakashi and Itachi stepped forward. "Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Namikaze." Said Itachi.
"As you know, I am Kakashi Hatake and this is Itachi Uchiha, we will be the senseis of team 7."
"What about the 3rd member of our team?" Asked Sasuke.
"The Hokage handpicked you two to be your own team. It is tradition to have three genin and one jounin, but we have 2 genin and 2 jounin to keep the 4 man squad." Said Itachi. "Any more questions?"
"Okay then. Meet us at the Hokage tower at 6AM tomorrow morning." Said Kakashi as he and Itachi shunshinned away.
Finally the last one stepped forward. It was a young woman in her lower 20's who wore a short orange skirt, a fishnet bodysuit, and a tan trenchcoat.
"Sakura Haruno, Akina Kasuki, Sako Takasu. My name is Anko Mitarashi. I'll be in charge of you maggots on team 6. Meet me at 6AM Monday morning at training ground 6."
Everyone got up and started to leave and Ino came over to Naruto and Sasuke to walk out with them.
"So Naru-kun, why did you and Sasuke get put on a 2 man team?"
"We were wondering ourselves actually." Said Naruto. "Even more curious is why we got the 2 strongest jounin in the village as our senseis."
"Yea, my brother and Kakashi are the strongest 2 in the village besides the Hokage and the 2 remaining Sannin."
"I guess we will find out tomorrow." Said Naruto.
"Yea everyone else gets a break but we have to be at the Hokage's office early in the morning."
"Bitching about it won't help anything." Said Naruto as he grinned.
"Fuck you." Said Sasuke as he grinned back.
"Well, I guess we should head out and enjoy our last day of freedom." Said Naruto with a chuckle as he grabbed Ino and disappeared in a flash.
The reappeared back in Naruto's living room and Ino said "You know, no matter how many times you do that I never get used to it."
"I'm sorry, I can stop if it bothers you?"
"No it's not that, it's actually exhilarating; being that close to you and moving at the speed of light."
"Well then I'm glad you like cuddling so much." Said Naruto with a wink.
Ino smiled and said "So why are we here anyways Naru-kun?"
"I had to get something from my room. I'll be right back." Said Naruto as he ran up stairs and put on his coat and ran back down. "There we go, much better."
"Wow Naru-kun, you look like a chibi-4th Hokage."
"Nope I'm a little different. Grey with red flames." He said as he turned around to show the kanji and grinned, only to find himself smacked in the back of the head.
"Close enough moron!" Screamed Ino.
"Heheh it's still different Ino-chan." Naruto said as he winked at her. "Anyways, how do I look?"
"You look great Naru-kun." Said Ino. Actually you look damn sexy. I can't wait to tear you up. Mmmhmmm. Though Ino as she grinned evilly.
"Thanks Ino-chan, you look pretty damn good yourself." Said Naruto as he walked up and kissed her on top of the head.
As soon as he started to pull away Ino said "Oh no you don't." as she grabbed his head and pulled his lips against hers. He just stood there for a second confused then he finally realized what she was doing and wrapped his arm around her waist and kissed back as they disappeared in a flash of red and reappeared on top of Hokage mountain.
"Wow Naru-kun that was amazing." Said Ino as she pulled away for a breath.
The 2 just stood there in each other's embrace looking out at the village for the longest. Finally Ino looked back and Naruto and kissed him again and said "Naru-kun I'm so happy. I'm glad that we are together."
"Me too Ino-chan." Said Naruto as he looked into her blue eyes with his own as he allowed his forehead to touch hers.
They stood looking into each other's eyes for a minutes before suddenly Naruto's eyes widened. "Sorry Ino-chan my dad is calling I have to go." He held on to her and flashed to the flower shop as he kissed her and said goodbye and then flashed away again to the Hokage's office. He appeared and saw Kakashi standing there beside him as Minato said "Hello Son, glad you could make it so fast. As soon as Sasuke and Itachi return I'll explain."
A few minutes later Itachi and Sasuke walked into the room and Minato said "Okay Kakashi, Itachi, you already know some of the situation. You were scheduled to leave tomorrow on a mission to protect a bridge builder in Wave country, but we've just received a report from a scout that some missing nin were spotted in the area so we are going to send you out early. Naruto, Sasuke, the original mission was to protect a bridgebuilder from bandits and mercenaries as a C-rank mission, but it has now been upgraded to A-rank, with the possibility of encountering jounin level ninja trying to attack him. Do you accept this mission?"
"Yes Hokage-sama." Said both boys.
"Alright meet us at the northern gate in 1 hour. Pack for a 1 month mission. Dismissed."
Naruto handed Kakashi a seal tag and then grabbed Sasuke's shoulder and disappeared in a red flash. The 2 arrived at Sasuke's house and Naruto said "I'll be back in 30 minutes." As he disappeared again. He appeared back at his house and went to his room to pack his clothes, then down to the armory to get extra supplies, sealing all the spares into scrolls and putting the main supplies in his pack before teleporting back to Sasuke's house. Sasuke was just walking outside as Naruto grabbed him and teleported to the north gate with the seal tag he gave to Kakashi. Kakashi and Itachi were both already waiting there, and as soon as Naruto and Sasuke arrived they left out heading toward the wave country. "So while other genin teams get the weekend off and start D-ranks Monday, we graduate and our first mission is an A-rank on the same day. Is there something you guys aren't telling us?" Said Sasuke.
"Well, I suppose we should just be honest. As you both know you are far above genin, or even chunin level. The Hokage intended for you to go on a couple of C or B-rank missions with us to get a feel of the outside world, and then you would be promoted to chunin, and go a while longer to get the feel of leading missions, before going on to Jonin." Said Kakashi.
"Don't we have to take the chunin exams for that?" Asked Naruto.
"Normally yes, but it is possible to receive a field promotion. Now as Kakashi was saying, you were going to be promoted to chunin in a couple of weeks. You would each then remain on this squad and lead a few missions each, with us making sure you do alright, and then you would be promoted to jonin." Said Itachi.
"So that's why we were put on this team. My Dad intends for us to be jonin before the rest of our class even takes their chunin exams." Said Naruto.
"Yes. You are both very skilled, almost clones of myself and Itachi at your age." Said Kakashi. "We are a team of prodigies, if you will."
"Kakashi is correct, you are both skilled enough to be jonin, this team is just a formality really, and also just to be sure you are able to lead a team and make decisions under fire."
"Understood." Said the boys.
"So how far are we from wave?" asked Sasuke.
"We are about halfway there, we should go ahead and set up camp for tonight and arrive tomorrow afternoon." Said Kakashi.
The group stopped and found a clearing close to a nearby stream and set up their camp. "Alright Naruto you take first watch, Itachi second, Sasuke third, and I'll take the fourth. Said Kakashi.
"Yes sir." They all chorused as all but Naruto went into their tent to get some rest.
Back in Konoha. 3 hours ago.
Ino sat on her bed wondering why Naruto had to run off so suddenly.
Naru-kun I sure hope everything is okay. Though Ino.
Suddenly she heard a knock on her door and yelled "One minute!" as she got up and went downstairs to answer the door. When she opened it, Naruto was standing there and she wrapped him in a hug. "Naru-kun I was worried something was wrong." "Actually Ino-chan, I am just a clone. My team was dispatched on an urgent mission to Wave country. Naruto should return within the month. He told me to tell you that he is sorry for missing his date with you tomorrow but that he will make it up when he returns. I know it doesn't mean the same since I am a clone but he also said to give you this." Said the clone as it leaned in and kissed Ino. "And finally Naruto told me to tell you to be careful and that he loves you."
"Did he really say that?" Said Ino.
"Well no, he didn't technically tell me to tell you, but I am him so I know that he does love you very much." Said the clone with a wink.
"Ino kissed the clone again and said "I love you too Naru-kun. Be safe please." And with that the clone dispelled itself. Ino went back to her room and sat on her bed and thought I can't believe he said he loves me, we've only been a couple for a couple of days. He must've meant it when he said he liked me for a long time before he got the courage to ask me out. I love you Naru-kun please come back safe.
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