_Ino's Hideout_

the two huddled closely together under the thick quilt – peacefully entangled in each other's arms, they were only to be disturbed by the rising golden sun, enlightening the area around them, and birds chirping along with the stream flowing added a delicate sound track to the area that soon featured a yawning male.

He looked down at the other blonde pressed closely against his chest her arms sprawled across him almost softly pinning him to the thinner red and white checked blanket he laid on.

He couldn't help but allow a smile to reach his face, daring not to move an inch in the
fear he could wake her from her peaceful slumber, he stayed perfectly still allowing Ino
to be his 'Sleeping (blonde) Beauty', the thought again making a grin appear.

"Boo!" she said squeezing his sides making him jump out of his skin, she laughed at his re-action.
'I guess he thought I was still asleep as planned!' she thought to herself pleased with her prank.
He soon returned from shock to look down at the face now looking in his direction.

"How did you sleep Ino-chan?" He smiled at her, stroking her soft blonde locks.
'I hate it when he strokes my hair! It makes me want to just squeeze him tight and kiss him all over!' she pouted at him.

"I slept fine Naru-kun… but it would have been better if I had gotten my goodnight kiss." She faked a pained voice resting her cheek against his, tucking her hands around his waist wanting to be as close as she could get.

He wrapped his free arm around her enjoying the closeness just as much as she did.
"I had this weird dream … Something about a CRA or something" he yawned sure that such
a thing must have been a dream.

"That wasn't a dream…baka! … Although it's cute to know that I'm a regular guest in your dreams Naru-kun" she giggled at him before addressing the CRA concept once more. 'Sakura better agree or my plans will be ruined! ... I can't let that happen! … I guess I'll have a nicechat with her later' she thought to herself almost nodding along with her in genius scheme.

"W-Well…how could I not dream about you? Just having you while I'm awake isn't enough!" he announced trying his hand at embarrassing her just as much as she did him. To his delight it had worked as she started to glow a pretty shade of red on her already perfect cheeks.

"Naru-Kun! ...you must really like seeing my cheeks turn red" she exclaimed burrowing into his neck to seek shelter from his gaze. 'I better talk to him about the whole CRA thing' she thought a little worried.

"Naru-kun…? …About the whole CRA idea…" said the female blonde
"D-Do you not want to do it? ...I'd understand…" he replied softly.
"W-Well actually I was about to ask you if you were serious about it…I'll do whatever it takes…"
she said kindly, only to be held tighter as a reward for her words.

"Besides… I'd be your favourite wife anyway!" she pouted at him 'there's no way I'd let Sakura steal the spotlight!' she thought determined. The blonde male was blushing furiously '…favourite wife…' he considered in his head, the thought of being married to both Ino and Sakura was too much.

He remained quiet for some time enjoying the thought until disturbed by a slight tug at his shirt.
"Naru-kun… what's wrong?" she asked a concerned for who she now labelled hers.
"S-Sorry, Ino-chan … the thought of you being married to me really caught me of guard" he chuckled with the biggest foxy grin he could give.

the site of it warmed her giving her a fuzzy feeling and she couldn't help but steal a kiss, planting it upon his cheek softly.
"I-Ino-chan!" he objected quietly.
"Hey you said I shouldn't kiss your lips…you didn't say anything about anywhere else!" she countered.

"Oh and while you make Sakura want to agree to the CRA, you better not kiss her first! I will not allow it! … I want to be the first!" She demanded inspiring fear into the male's heart, pouting to remove the viciousness of the statement.
"W-well I don't think you'll have to worry about that." He said turning to her, who was already laid close to him. He assured her, and then swiftly moved close to her face.

Changing the shape of his lips to that a kiss he aimed towards her lips…'He's going to kiss me!' she announced in her mind eagerly waiting his lips to touch hers. He pulled up just above her lips to land a kiss just under her nose 'Noo! …S-S-So close!' she cried out in her mind 'then again this was his first kiss!'

he opened his eyes again- still lips pressed against her, he blushed immensely supporting his kiss by stroking the back of her head following the blonde locks down her back. He softly broke from the kiss and rested his nose against hers, attacking it gently from side to side.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and stared into his pure blue gleaming eyes with her own.
"N-Naru-kun…" she whispered quietly still trying to take in what had happened.
"You're lucky I'm not allowed to kiss you or I'd be giving you a taste of your own medicine!" she announced since he teased her so badly into thinking she was getting a kiss on her lips.

The blonde kunoichi sighed, knowing that she'd have to leave, her duties at the Hokage tower wouldn't take care of themselves after all.
"Naru-kun…" she said softly "…I have to goto the Hokage Tower now…" she continued, displaying the fact that she didn't want to leave clearly.

Naruto hugged her tight and kissed her cheek, smiling merrily towards her.
"Okay Ino-chan, will you be busy tomorrow too?" he questioned, wanting to spend more time with his blonde beauty.
"Yeah I'll be busy all day tomorrow…" she said quietly "after all I have a date with my Naru-kun" she chirped grinning at him in a smug manner.
"O-Oh…Well I look forward to it" he said grinning and squeezing her slightly in his embrace.

The two blondes left the date location and headed back to the Konoha, Naruto walked her to the Hokage tower before saying their goodbyes, and leaving one another for the time being, Naruto decided to enjoy the stroll through the village instead of rushing home like he had the last
few days.

Upon walking towards his apartment he saw his friends, Shikamaru and Choji chatting in the streets, having not seen them for a long time as well as not seeing them during the war he decided to join them.

"Hey Shikamaru! Choji!" He called to them walking over to join them, upon seeing him they decided to return his greeting.
"Naruto-kun!" announced Choji happy to see his friend; "I'm glad you're uninjured from the war as well!" he smiled kindly.

"Well if it isn't the troublesome hero of the elemental nations" Shikamaru smirked after using his now recognised catchphrase.

"I'm glad to see the two of you survived the war in good condition" the blonde grinned
"So Shikamaru? How's Temari?" Naruto chuckled attempting to embarrass his friend
"Heh! I don't know…" he said ready to turn the tables against Naruto "How's Ino?" he grinned
at his perfect counter.

Naruto's attack had suddenly backfired left him fighting back a blush against Shikamaru's cunning knowledge base.
"Hmph… How are you too anyway?" He said neglecting the old subject.

"Great! I've been training to enlarge my body with less chakra waste, and also using the earth element I can coat a piece of my body in rock armour" Choji explained telling his friends on how he had discovered his earth

"Wow Choji! I'm impressed" Naruto chuckled glad to see his fellow ninjas growing stronger.
"What about you Shikamaru?" he interrogated hoping to find out he was spending time with Temari.

"Ahhh… nothing important…" he said lazily rubbing the back of his head looking back to the blond
"Luckily I've manage to avoid all the troublesome missions lately…heh no doubt they're waiting for something serious to happen before they throw me in neck deep…it's always troublesome like that" he let out a sigh at the thought.

"Well I know how that feels heh, heh" Naruto answered back knowing exactly what Shikamaru meant.
"Man when will they let me sit back and relax for once" Shikamaru questioned wanting to be lazy.
"Hey it's not as bad as you think! I'll be leaving the village for two years to complete my sage training." He sniggered, excited by what he might learn from Fukasaku but not looking forward to the nagging.

"Well! We have to go hand in our mission report, Cya around Naruto!" Shikamaru declared excusing the two of them, heading towards the Hokage tower. Checking the time Naruto realised he'd managed to kill a couple of minutes and headed back towards his apartment.

_Naruto's Apartment_

upon reaching his apartment Naruto unlocked the door and entered just as normal expecting everything as he left it.

"EHHHHH?...Who the hell threw a kunai at my couch!" he shouted into the air demanding the culprit reveal itself. Naruto walked over to examine the kunai, knowing his luck it would have an exploding tag attached to it.

He looked down at the Kunai, it wasn't like the regular ones used, he pulled it from the couch to see it had a note attached to it; he recognised the kunai from somewhere but couldn't put his finger on it.

It had three spikes on the kunai; two were short on either side while the main blade was long like a regular kunai. Naruto took the note and gently tore it from the kunai it was stuck too; the note looked old, really old.

Naruto unravelled the note and looked at it surprised at the simple message it had.
'From Tou-san.' He now marvelled at the kunai recognising where he had seen it before. 'I can't believe it…he left me one of his special kunai? ...does he want me to try and use his jutsu?' Naruto wondered on how he'd go about learning such a thing.

He shook of the thought, the time for it would come he believed – knowing that his father wouldn't leave it if he didn't think Naruto would be able to master the jutsu. He turned towards the door hearing footsteps approaching, hearing them come closer step by step. 'I wonder who that could be.' He thought to himself.

Walking up the stairs she felt the nervousness wash over her. Was she going to really do it? She had to. She needed to. Ever since they were together the other night she couldn't rid him from her mind, she was so close to getting what was hersshe wanted her kiss and she had come to take it.

She knocked on the door quietly, desperately hoping that'd he would be home, to her joy she heard footsteps coming towards the door. 'Okay Sakura, this is it! This is the moment you've been waiting for!' she thought to herself encouraging herself to put her plan in action.

He opened the door not knowing who to expect, he opened it surprisingly slowly, expecting this to be related to his new found kunai, and who knows they might aim for his couch again…which was directly behind him. His eyes opened in pleasant surprise to see her there.

"Sa-Saku - Mpfhh" he fumbled trying to get his words out only to be interrupted by her.

Her arms tightly wrapped around his neck she had thrown herself at him interrupting his cheerful greeting by attacking his lips with her own – the pair's lips now locked in a kiss. 'I actually did it!' she thought to herself 'hey…this is actually pretty nice!' she thought deciding to go in for more.

The pink haired cherry blossom landed a barrage of kisses on his lips only to feel him finally press back wrapping his arms around her tightly, closing the door with his foot, she had forced his back up against the wall with the strength she was pushing against him with.

She pulled away looking in his eyes with lust, his meeting hers in staring in to one another. She panted trying to regain her breath but being inpatient she stole one last kiss from his lips and then lifted away to rest her head against his tightly wrapped around him.

"I-It's nice to see you to my Cherry blossom…" he chuckled, his face lit up with a soft blush from her past actions. 'his…Cherry blossom?...' she shuddered at the thought as a warm chill went up her back only making her want to kiss him more.

He shook his head and gently pushed her away from being so close, her arms wrapped around his neck she didn't lose much ground. 'What's wrong? … Did I kiss him wrong or something…oh god! What if I was pushing too hard' thoughts of doubt filled her mind.

"S-sakura-chan…I can't" he said weakly. One thought arose in her mind 'Ino! … What if she'd gotten to him first? … Does he love her?' doubts still filling her mind… this didn't go anything like her day dream.
"Is it Ino…?" she asked wanting to know where he stood with her.

Naruto didn't answer; instead he picked her up and carried her to the wounded couch, and placed her down and proceeded to sit next to her. He had to tell her the same thing he told Ino.

"Sakura-chan, the ramen Ino-chan bought me turned out to be a date." He said, not wanting her to interrupt he continued.
"We were laid together; hugging each other…and then…then she kissed me." He said dreading the answer still not finished he raced into his next sentence. Sakura looked shocked at him not exactly wanting to hear more.

"But I pulled away as soon as she did. I told her what I'm going to tell you now." He said speaking more softly hoping the cherry blossom wasn't hurt, he softly grabbed her hands in his.
… I think the same of you both and it's driving me mad! … b-bu-but! I don't deserve either of you!" he said, exactly as he did to Ino. He looked at her weakly expecting complete denial.

"D-Do you really mean that Naruto-kun? ..." She hesitated. 'Does he really think we're equal… does he love me? ...does he love her?' she thought to herself.
He nodded agreeing to her question. He offered a hug, opening his arms only hoping she would follow.

Not being able to resist him she fell into his open arms that quickly shut tight around her as if to stop her from leaving.
"…Do you love her Naruto-kun?' she asked softly, if the answer was yes, does this mean he loved her also?
"Sa-Saku… I do… B-Bu—"he said only to be interrupted by her.
"…Does that mean… you love me as well? ... 'She interrogated staring at him wide eyes in hope of a positive answer.
"So much that it is driving me insane…you are my Cherry Blossom… except I doubt you'd want to be mineafter what you've just heard." He said honestly, gazing into her emerald eyes wincing at the thought of her not wanting to be with him.

The name he repeated to call of her made her face light up with a pale thought, she nuzzled her head against his chest tickling it lightly with her silky pink hair.
"I wish there way you didn't have to choose… then I could have you in my arms all the time… even if I had to share…" Sakura sighed before looking up at him.

"A-Actually…" he said softly, her face lighting up with joy in the thought of being able to get her wish.
"Ino-chan told me one way…" he said unsure if she'd even hear him out.
"W-What is it Naruto-kun!" she demanded to know "whatever it is I'll do it! … even the past day we've been apart driven me mad … I had to come to see you…" she said blushing heavily hiding her face in his chest.

He gave a soft smile, it reminded him of Ino saying a similar thing to him – how did he get so lucky?
"CRA…" he said quietly expecting her to know about it.
"CRA…? "She asked not hearing of it before.

"Clan Restoration Act…the surviving member of a clan … can take up to a minimum of three wives … in order to repopulate the lost clan…" he said nervously expecting an outraged response.
"I-I'd understand if you didn't want too…" he said expecting her to be furious at the idea.

"We'd be able to get married! … I'd be your wife!" she almost screamed in joy, much to the blonde's shock. 'This is perfect! … Naruto and me… Husband and wife! I could scream!' she thought to herself seriously enjoying the thought of herself in a wedding dressing dress and Naruto in a suit.

"Will you do it Naruto-kun! … But I want a proper proposal God dammit!" She squeezed him with her super human strength losing control due to her excitement.
"Sa-Sa….Your crushing me…" he managed to say, struggling for breath.

"S-Sorry, Sorry" she said embarrassed "…Won't Ino-chan have to go through with it too though…?" she sounded disappointed almost as if she wouldn't agree.
"She already has… it was her idea…" he said smiling down at his cherry blossom.

She let out a quiet squeal of joy and flung herself on him "Naruto-kun! You've made me so happy" she said tears in her eyes, she thrown her arms around his neck and attacked his neck with kisses.

"Sa-Sakura-chan … I-I have to go tell Ino-chan the …news" he said, his sentence hard to speak due to the soft kisses all over his neck.
"You're not going anywhere until you kiss me back at least once!" she pouted at him.

He lowered his head to look her in the eyes, snatched her with his arms and pulled her as close as he could. He rose up one of his hands to stroke the back of her hair and planted a soft kiss on her pale, outstretched lips waiting for him to meet them.

Sakura relaxed into the kiss, having only one was no longer enough, she let a storm loose on his lips demanding that he kiss her more she stopped waiting for his retaliation, he kissed her back strongly, pressing against her lips forcefully, the force leaning her slightly against the arm of the sofa.

She pulled him against her not breaking from the kiss, hugging him tight; she had to break to gasp for air.
"..Nar…Naruto-kun!" she gasped before going back for round two. Kissing him stronger than before. After finishing her onslaught she pushed him softly away from her lips and looked up at him.

"You better go tell Ino-chan the good news… but I'm waiting right here!" she giggled ruining her bossy act.
"I'll be back soon Sakura-chan" he said, giving her one final kiss on her cheek before leaving.
'I can't believe it! I hope Ino-chan will be happy.' He thought to himself rushing towards her work station.

_Ino's Office_

"Ino-chan!"…."Ino-chan!" He shouted running down the hallway towards her office.
The blond woman sighed to herself 'I know he was on my mind but this is ridiculous! I can even hear him calling out my name' she looked down at her paper work 'Arrggh I could cry!' she thought resting her head on the pile of paperwork.

"Ino-chan!" he shouted point blank at her door banging on it, the blonde girl snapped back to life looking around for her Naru-kun. She didn't see him at first and let out another huge sigh, until she turned to notice him smiling through the door window.

"Naru-kun!" she exclaimed delighted to see him, she ran to the door and quickly welcomed him into her office before closing the door again. She wondered why he had come all the way here when he knew she would be busy…although she was happy he came to save her from her boredom.

He hugged her tight squeezing her slightly; the blonde kunoichi surprised by his sudden move but couldn't help but wrap her arms around him. 'Someone's missed me as much as I missed him after all!' she giggled at the thought.

"What brings you here Naru-kun?" she said kissing him softly on the cheek expecting to be scolded.
He lightly carried her to her chair and sat down with her on his knee and wrapped his arms around her resting his head on her shoulders still grinning as largely as he could.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed his other cheek, surely this time he'd want her to stop she thought. Naruto pulled her so she was pressed against his chest, and attacked her lips with a soft kiss, shocking the life out of her.

She pushed back and lifted one of her hands to clutch at the back of his head ruffling his soft blonde locks; he matched her movements and started stroking her hair from head trailing down her back.
"Nah…Naru-Kun!" She exclaimed still in shock at what had happened catching her breath mid-sentence.

"Y-you should come to my office more often!" she giggled kissing his neck softly before returning to her original question
"Why did you stop by anyway…not that I'm not glad you did" she said brushing her lips against his neck teasing.

"Ino-chan! She agreed! She actually agreed!" He announced clutching her tightly in joy. The news hit Ino's eardrums as she stiffened up 'She actually agreed…? … I'm going to get married? I'll be ?" Ino let out a huge scream of joy and attacked Naruto kissing him all over.

"I can't believe it! … We're going to be married! … so Naru-t-o-kun … when are you proposing?" She winked at him unable to contain her excitement.
"You're not the first one to ask that" he muttered hiding in amongst her neck laughing cheerfully that the blonde couple had pulled of their plan.

Authors Notes: Hope you enjoyed the chapter Another should be released tomorrow (Tuesday) Sorry for the late release when I said it'd would be out Sunday, I got a bit stuck when thinking of how to tie in more characters from the Naruto universe.

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