Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, but Sakura Haruno does…
Chap.5: The First Move
Note: This chapter has a hint of themes that children may find appalling. I guess you could consider this a grape…not a lemon…moving on now.
(Sakura's P.O.V)
I saw Kakashi walk down the steps with his usual slouch. I had expected to hear the bounding footsteps come down the steps of his apartment, but they never came. I instead saw a rather quiet Naruto walking slowly down the steps. Kakashi gave me a look that said 'he'll be all right', so I said nothing.
We ate quietly, I was doing most of the talking while Kakashi nodded and added a word or two every once in a while, his back turned to us so he could eat without us seeing his face. Naruto would grunt every now and then to verify his presence.
Kakashi got up from the table after he finished eating, "Thanks for the food Sakura, best I've had in a while. Well, I'm calling it a night. Oh yeah, by the way, we've got a mission with the Sand siblings in two days…some kind of escort mission for a person with relations between Suna and Konoha. It's a B-class. That's all that Tsunade bothered to tell me, so just make sure you're ready at the gates at nine o' clock in the morning two days from now, okay?"
We nodded in response, and he said goodbye. With that, he vanished in a cloud of smoke.
Naruto helped me clean up, and then he went to the small living room of his apartment. Now, mind you, this apartment was completely different from the one he had about three years ago. This one was two stories, and had much more living space. With the added living space, this place had become my home away from home. You could tell with the potted vase of Sakura blossoms in the corner, the feather pillows on the couch…along with the plastic containers of pickled Ume fruit in the fridge. Naruto constantly complained that his left over ramen was much more important, but I remained strong in keeping my precious food safe from the garbage.
I had an idea as to why Naruto was looking so depressed, so I sat down next to him on the couch, and rested my head on his shoulder. He pulled me close and sighed.
"Want to talk?" I asked him. He nodded.
"What's the matter, Naruto?" I asked him gently, holding his hands. He let out a quiet laugh.
"You know what? I just found out a little while ago that my father was the very man who sealed Kyuubi in me, the Fourth Hokage…talk about irony." He was smiling, and I could tell he was not faking it. He seemed…proud.
"So…how does it feel?" I hesitated, "I feel kind of lucky."
Naruto gave me a confused look.
"I mean…Kakashi-sensei was the Yondaime's student, and now I find out that my boyfriend is the great Hokage's son…not many kunoichi can say such things about their boyfriends." I winked.
Naruto seemed to brighten up a bit, "Heh, you just stay with me for my looks."
"Well, I can see where you got them from. From what I understand, the Yondaime was quite handsome." I laughed.
"Well, he didn't have these charming whisker marks, did he?" Naruto grinned, wagging his eyebrows at me.
"Yeah, well, they do give you a…cute look…" I said, smiling at his childish behavior.
"Cute, huh?" he grinned.
"Yes, but not any smarter." I laughed, embracing him in a tackle hug, knocking us both to the floor. We began laughing.
I opened my eyes to find myself staring into the deep, sapphire orbs of Naruto's. That's one thing I noticed that hadn't changed at all about Naruto; his eyes still had that youthful gleam to them.
"I could get lost in those eyes of yours, Sakura-chan." Naruto breathed, his eyes hazing over slightly.
"Same here, Naruto."
"Hey, Sakura…do you remember way back when we first became Genin and became a team?" Naruto asked me randomly.
"Yeah…when we were Team 7?"
"Yeah…well, you have such a beautiful forehead, I could kiss it." He smiled.
I gave him a confused look, and tried to comprehend the weird statement he just made to me…wait a minute…
"…Sasuke said that to me…" I remembered.
Naruto laughed, "That wasn't Sasuke…"
"What are you- wait…do you mean…?"
"That was me, disguised as Sasuke." He beamed, having seen that his jutsu had convinced me all those years ago.
I gave him another confused look, but then grinned, "You froze up on me. You were nervous, weren't you?"
"Well, I drank some bad milk that morning, and got gut-rot as a result…"
I gave him a skeptical look.
"…and I was nervous…" he continued.
I folded my arms as I sat up, "Heh, figures. I've always had to make the first move on you."
(Naruto's P.O.V)
'First move, what's that supposed to mean?' I thought.
"I believe that means she tends to initiate most of the action in your intimate moments." Kyuubi spoke.
He had a point. I was often the one unsure of what to do during such moments. Kyuubi said that it was due to my lack of relations with women during my younger years…but still…
Now here I am at eighteen, still a coward in making the first move with Sakura.
"Sakura…are you happy to be my girlfriend? Be honest?" I asked.
She gave me a surprised look, "Of course I am, Naruto. Why, are you happy with me?"
"Yes, and I always will…but I can't help but feel that I'm not good at showing it sometimes. For example, I don't always get you the best gifts on your birthday, and I don't tip well at restaurants…um-"
"Naruto, stop it. You have the kindest heart of any shinobi in all Konoha; no scratch that, the world. You're never selfish, and you even help my family when they need it…Temari has been trying to get Shikamaru to come to Sunagakure more often with her family, but it's tough. So, yes, I am happy with you…" she spoke.
"So…um?"
"I couldn't ask for a better boyfriend." She finished.
"Yes you could."
"Naruto, stop with the self-pity act, right now. You know I love you, and I am very pleased that we are together…" she however frowned at the last part.
"What's wrong?" I asked her.
"Well, I suppose there's something else that I'd like in our relationship…" she replied quietly.
"What's that?" I asked with equal quietness.
Sakura said nothing, but instead, spoke to me with her eyes. She gave me a nervous, yet loving look…a look of longing…the kind of look that I've wanted from her since who know's how long.
I gulped, "S-Sakura, I thought you said to Kakashi-sensei that we wouldn't-"
"Kakashi-sensei doesn't need to know everything…but it's up to you if we…do this…" Sakura said, leaning closer. Her breath was tickling my cheeks.
I was trembling…heck, I was down right scared! There were no re-dos, no second chances in this…once we did it, that was that.
'Kyuubi, what should I do?' I thought.
"I can't help you here, Kit. It's your choice. Do what you feel is right." Replied the demon-fox and he then cut off all connections. Damn, he wasn't helping me…or was he?
I looked at Sakura, who was smiling at me with those wonderful green eyes of hers, "Sakura…you don't feel…pressured to do this at all, do you?"
She smoothed back my hair, "No, and I don't want you to either…I can wait until you're ready."
Well, that helped me solve the problem.
I picked her up, which Sakura responded to with a slight 'eep!'. I carried her to the bedroom, giving her kisses on the neck. I placed her on the bed, and sat next to her on my knees. My heart was beating like a gong being pounded on with a jackhammer.
"Sakura…I've never…well, I mean, I'm still…"
"I'm still a virgin too." She replied, lying under the bedsheets. I looked on the floor to see her dress, shorts, and under garments lying next to me.
"How did you-?"
"A little trick Ino taught me…a jutsu of some sort." She winked.
"Choji's a lucky guy," I chuckled, "Um…Sakura…I'm not entirely sure how to uh…well, I know how, but, you know, how to approach this."
"Same here," she admitted, revealing a bit more of herself from under the sheets, but still remaining decent. I suddenly looked down to see only my boxers on.
I gave Sakura a surprised look, and she winked at me.
"Then how will I know what to do?" I asked her, crawling onto the bed. You know, this wasn't completely new to me, Sakura and I have shared a bed before…but we never did this!
"We'll just have to learn from each other then." She said, pulling me close.
"What about the risk of getting…I mean, I can run to the drug store quick and buy a box, I'll be back in five minutes, I swear!"
"Naruto, kunoichi are required to take classes in prevention, and that goes double for medic-nin such as me. In fact, I've taught a few classes on jutsu birth control," she gave me a seductive look, "So that means that you're going nowhere tonight…understood? I know a few justsu for releasing muscle tension; I can only imagine how tense you must be."
The room temperature must have gone up ten degrees at that moment, "T-tension…? Really?? Uh, I- uh…"
Sakura smiled, and put a finger to my lips. I saw a fire burning in her eyes, much like that of Inner Sakura. Oh merciful heavens, I was way in over my head, but I wouldn't back down now!
"You don't know how long I've waited for this." She whispered as I leaned into her. She made a hand seal, and I felt a slight rush of chakra; must have been the jutsu that kunoichi are required to learn in prevention.
"You don't have to wait any longer." I replied, and we embraced.
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(Sakura's P.O.V)
We lay in bed, quietly breathing. Naruto was holding me close, his head resting on me.
"Sakura…that was…amazing…I never felt this wonderful in my entire life." He spoke with honesty.
I looked at him, "Same here Naruto, it was wonderful."
"You did kind of scare me before when you yelped out in the beginning." He added.
"That's what first times can be like for women sometimes. Don't worry though, I'll be fine." I explained.
Naruto settled down upon hearing that, and kissed me on the cheek. It was going on eight thirty at night, so we just decided to lie down in the bed and drift off to sleep.
Yes, I was truly happy with Naruto and my relationship.
End of chap.5-….um, yeah, like I've said before in my previous story relating to this, I'm not a lemon writer. You're free to use your imagination as to how the whole in between stuff went. This chapter was to show that the two are really in love with each other, and it's not just puppy love anymore. I don't know if I'll write anymore stuff like this in the story, but you never know. I can be full of surprises, but I don't plan on breaking the T-rating.
Well, thanks for reading this chapter, more is on the way. R&R, and maybe I'll have the guys of the Rookie Nine sing Billy Joels' "For the Longest Time" in a later chapter…just kidding.