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Chapter 4 - The girl with Blond hair

"Yay I get to be on a team with Naruto and Sasuke-Kun!" shouted an over enthusiastic Yamanaka. She then bent over to whisper into her pink haired rival. "And they will be mine forehead." she then gave an evil smirk.

Sakura frowned at this, "Stay away from my Sasuke-Kun, Ino-Pig." she replied back in a whisper.

'Just Sasuke? Is she really that deep with only him?' wondered Ino. Ino thought Sasuke was hot, but she really didn't know her true feelings. She came to the conclusion that she would just enjoy her time as a young girl and chase boys around, especially the one that Sakura likes.

Sakura ignored Ino's silence and turned over to Sasuke, "Sasuke-Kun, want to go get something to eat? I thought since we were on a group tha…"

"No." he simply replied as he stood up to get out of his seat and began to leave the classroom just like the other students. Sakura was a bit hurt, she had been trying for a long time to get Sasuke to recognize her, but he just wouldn't pay attention to anyone.

Even though Ino felt a little bad for Sakura, she still was a little happy that her rival got turned down. She looked over to Naruto's seat to find him tip toeing about ten feet from his seat. "Naruto-Kun!" shouted Ino.

'Dammit… I was so close to the door to…' Naruto thought as he drooped his head.

"Want to go get something to eat?" asked Ino as she began to approach him.

"Well I was going to the Hokage tower to ask…" started Naruto but was interrupted as the Yamanaka put a death grip on his arm and looked at him with puppy-dog eyes. She stuck out her lip, hoping that he will succumb to her cuteness.

'You're so lucky Iruka asked me to be nice to you…' Naruto inwardly frowned. He gave a sigh and nodded his head, only to be yanked outside the classroom and down the hallway, leaving a sad Sakura behind.

-Down the street-

"So, Naruto-Kun. Where you want to go get something to eat?" asked Ino.

'At least she's not as loud as she was before. Well that's a start…' "Well do you like Ramen?"

'Ugh… I hate ramen, especially the Ramen in a cup things.' "Umm, the kind in a cup?"

"Nah, the kind at a Ramen stand." replied Naruto. Ino gave him an innocent questioning look. He actually found it kind of cute… 'Wait a minute…' he scratched that thought out. Then he grabbed her hand, causing her to blush. "Here I'll show you." He said with a smile, as he turned and started running down the street.

-Ichiraku Ramen Stand-

"Here we are!" said Naruto, quite happy that he is about to eat.

Ino gave a curious look over at the Ramen stand, 'I've never been to a place like this. Mom always told me to eat at healthy places. But if it means I have to eat like this on a date with a hunk like that.' she licked her lips as she gave a glance at the smiling Naruto sitting next to her. 'Then I'll gladly accept it.'

"Hey there Naruto." greeted the old man known as Teuchi. "Ah, so you have a date with you today?" both Naruto and Ino blushed.

"Hi Naruto-Kun." said Ayame as she came out of the back. "Oooh, who's your girlfriend?" she asked in a teasing tone, making both academy students blush an even deeper red.

Ino finally managed to control the blood to her face, "I'm Ino. I am a student with Naruto and we're starting our group practice tomorrow, so I thought it would be good if I get to know him better." Naruto looked over causing the Yamanaka to start blushing again.

"Well, let me be the first to tell you that Ichiraku's ramen is the best in the entire village." Naruto said with confidence and a foxy grin. Ino felt her heart skip a beat, 'How is he making me feel like this?' she wondered.

"So what will it be today?" asked Teuchi.

"Give me 4 bowls of pork please."

"And you, Ino?" he said while looking her way.

"Umm…" she started to think.

"I think you might like the spicy shrimp Ino." Naruto whispered in her ear. She shivered at his hot breath, but managed to control herself and nod.

"One spicy shrimp please."

"Alright coming right up." said Teuchi as he began to work his magic.

Naruto turned in his seat to look at Ino. He started to really look at her, wondering if he saw her when he first came up to the academy. He started to smile as he remembered her. She was one of the popular girls, but she didn't give him a hateful glare when he first showed his face. 'I think she was just curious as to why I was with Baa-Chan.'

He was completely unaware that he had been about 2 feet away from her and staring at her with a smile. She was blushing like mad as she turned away only to keep finding herself peeking back to find him still staring at her. "Do you remember me when I first came with Baa-Chan?" asked Naruto as she began to control her blush.

"Huh?"

"Oh umm, I mean do you remember me with the Hokage about two years ago?" he rephrased.

Ino put a finger to her chin and then remembered, "That was you?" she asked pretty stunned considering he didn't wear that weird orange jumpsuit. He only nodded.

"Why didn't you look at me like the rest of them?" he asked.

She looked at him confused, "Look at you how?"

"All the other students looked at me like I was something they despised. Why didn't you?"

"I didn't know you. I don't see why I should hate someone that I don't even know anything about." she said simply.

Naruto smiled at this as he leaned in his seat and gave the bleach blond a hug. "Thank you?"

She didn't know what he meant, but she was blushing red like a tomato but found it in her to return the hug.

They both heard someone clear his throat to get their attention. Ino looked over to see Teuchi holding chopsticks and had her and Naruto's order in front of them. She retreated from the hug with a blush on her face as Naruto gladly took his chopsticks from Teuchi. Ino did the same and they both separated the sticks. "Time to dig in!" shouted Naruto as he dove into his ramen bowl. Ino was shocked at how childish Naruto could be, but found it very cute. Naruto paused, "you better eat yours before it gets to cold Ino." he said with his mouth half full of ramen. Ino giggled and nodded as she tasted her Ramen.

"Wow! This is really good!" she said, as she continued eating her meal.

-A few minutes later-

Naruto and Ino were walking down the street, Naruto walking her home. As they approached Ino's house, Ino stopped. "Thanks for the food Naruto-Kun." she said as she looked down at her feet with a pink blush on her cheeks.

"No problem, i enjoyed it." said Naruto while closing his eyes and flashing his fox grin. Ino then got closer to Naruto, stood up on her toes, and kissed him on the cheek.

"Bye." she said as she rushed into her house.

Naruto was a bit shocked but happy at the same time. He chuckled a bit, "Bye." he said to himself as he turned to leave.

A/N: Bit of filler, but i'm hinting to a potential member in Naruto's Harem. REVIEW =)