Hey everybody this is my first ever fanfic so I would appreciate it if you tell what you think about it.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to Naruto and all rights are reserved to Masashi kishimoto.
Warning this is a Naruto x mei x hinata fic, not sure if i should make it a harem fanfic tho but if i feel i can smoothly add other girls i might give it a try. Several changes to canon throughout.
Naruto's body laid unconscious in the prison hospital, covered in bandages the doctors had done their best to clothe his wounds properly
Meanwhile in naruto's mindscape
Naruto was staring at a rusty pipe that had some blue liquid dripping from it, he had been looking at it for sometime now and he still couldn't understand how this very place he is in now exists, and at the same time doesn't. It was weird, but then again people spitting out fire from their mouth would be counted as weird too. Deciding to continue his journey naruto continued walking. He still could not help but wonder if everyone had a place like this in their mind, 'that would be interesting' he muttered while walking through dark hallways opening and closing doors as he explored looking for something.
Luckily it didn't take him long as he arrived at his destination. A dark hallway similar to the others he had recently passed, except this one had only five doors, four of them were metal and looked rusty. With two doors at his left and another by two by his right side. Then another door was straight in front of him ,captivated by this particular door, he ignored the others as he continued walking straight towards the object that stood in front of him. He continued until he stood directly in front of the unique door, carefully studying it he could already tell it was made of steel, it looked newer than the others and even had a drawing of a chibi smiling him on it.
He could feel the tension in his body begin to build up as he contemplated what could be beyond the door, he was worried but he had to know what was awaiting him, and slowly building his courage he stretched his hand till he held the door knob. Slowly turning it he pulled opening it slightly, but to his surprise the door was pushed completely open as some brown liquid like substance came gushing out like a broken dam.
The liquid was so much that it slammed him into the wall as it gradually filled the hallway so fast giving naruto little to no time to react, he found himself drowning in his own thoughts as his vision blurred slowly, thinking it was over for him his facial expression dropped into a frown knowing he couldn't do anything. So he closed his eyes as he went with the flow.
"excuse"a voice said lightly. Choosing to ignore whatever that was he continued trying to relax but this time he heard another sound "tap tap tap"it sounded like something light was repeatedly hitting something else. "excuse me sir" the voice said again this time the voice sounded a bit louder, so opening his eyes to identify the source he was surprised with what he saw.
The whole environment he had been in had changed from that of a sewer to a descent looking restaurant with people and other things. This was wrong and confused naruto 'what the hell is going on here 'was all he could think of before the voice repeated again this time sounding annoyed "excuse me sir"so turning his head from the cup of coffee he was staring at, he was greeted by the sight of a woman in a waitress clothe, who looked to be in her early twenties with brown hair she packed in a ponytail style, her face was pretty average tho she looked kinda angry. Confused his mind came up with one answer 'find a way out of this situation 'naruto thought before coming up with what he thought was the best reply "sorry about that i have a lot on my mind, how may i help you " he said giving her a nice grin hoping she would take the bait.
It worked the woman gave a small smile and replied "i can tell, I've been trying to get your attention for some time" quickly responding to clear the tension "sorry about that it wont happen again ma'am "bowing slightly to show he was truly sorry, something he learnt from books.
"no it's okay sir, you have been sitting here for sometime now and i wanted to know if there was anything else you wanted to order" she said blushing slightly from embarrassment as most of the customers turned their attention towards naruto's table.
Now that she mentioned it he did feel kinda hungry. Coffee sure as hell wasn't going to fill him "hmm i would like some steamed rice, miso soup and grilled fish" he concluded smiling at her.
"would that be all sir" she replied watching him nod his head, then she bowed slightly before retreating to place his order.
Waiting for his food he decided to dive into what he had accomplished the previous years from leaving konoha to secretly training, and he was proud to say it was a lot more than he expected. His personality even changed a bit, once he started reading proper manners and some other things, that was both a blessing and a curse. See he wanted to gain knowledge in many areas and he decided to rely on books, and one of those aspects was women.
For as long as he could remember he knew nothing about them or behavioral patterns. It also seemed a bit too weird how jiraiya was obsessed with them, i mean their humans too whats the difference, so he read all he could from basic romantic novels , female anatomy, and the eye opener was basically jiraiya's book. Ever since he read one his life changed, he was not sure if he could ever look at women as before.
Sure he had tried to keep his curiosity from exceeding, but even he knew it was a failed battle as he is a full blown sex deprived hormonal adult. The smut unlocked emotions he didn't know he had.
The more and more he thinks about romance the more he gets depressed about his non existing love life ,which is not really something that makes him happy with sakura choosing sasuke over him even despite his betrayal, which still upset him. Then again it is not like he could forge a relationship with anyone from konoha, as most of them hate him or see him as a dummy. But if there was a possibility then his choices would either be hinata or tenten.
Both of them are similar in the sense that they are both strong, nice and care about their teammates, sure he hasn't spent alone time with tenten but when lee got injured by gaara he could see the concern on her face, she even visited him numerous times in the hospital.
Hinata on the other hand is really quiet, at first he thought of her as weird because of how she suddenly turns red an faints. But after reading those books he kinda had a weird theory why, but he wasn't a 100% sure how accurate he was. She is nice and listens to him when he talks, he remembered when she visited him after the sasuke retrieval mission, it was weird at first but after a while everything was normal they had fun talking most times playing games. She even took it upon herself to make her visitation a consistent thing.
Thinking seriously, if he was given the chance to date sakura he wasn't sure he would accept it. "here's your meal sir" the same waitress said placing his tray of food on his table, naruto seeing this broke from his thoughts as he muttered "thank you" watching her walk back to the kitchen before putting his hands together saying "itadakimasu"as he began eating.
30 minutes later
Naruto had finished his meal, so he decided to find a secluded area where he could train with his clones,luckily that didn't take much time. Walking to the center of his soon to be training ground he created 30 clones telling them to separate into 10's, each to practice his taijutsu, kenjutsu and fuinjutsu, while he the original removed his top, getting ready for some intense workout. He had been training for 4 hours , only taking few minutes break to relax. But now he was ready for his final part of the training which was having a friendly spar with his clones, dispelling the existing clones he relaxed again for his mind to process the data.
Now energized he stood up getting ready for the spar, he created 6 clones and ordered 5 to take the higher grounds where they took a five pointed star formation, so they can watch the fight for flaws in his moves or improvements. When they were ready he signalled the clones that he was ready.
Waiting patiently for the clone to begin attacking he watched the clone get into a defensive stance. Nodding his head naruto spoke "ninjutsu is not allowed only replacement, weapons and taijutsu and remember we only use weapons when the others permit it" smiling with anticipation. 'he was made with chakra of 30 clones so basically he can withstand lots of hits, but losing a limb would still destroy him' (during his training with his clones naruto realized why his clones could not take more than one hit before dispersing. Instead of using his chakra to improve the clones quality he used it for quantity. This means by using the chakra he used to create multiple clones,lets say 20 he could use it to make 5,10 or less all he has to do is use the chakra to strengthen the body of the clones almost like what the chakra armor does ,this increases the hits it can take)
He heard one of the clones monitoring the match shout" begin." they both stared at each other for some seconds before dashing with sudden speed,the clone throwing a right hook aimed for naruto's head, seeing this naruto came to a halt while shifting his upper body backwards he narrowly dodged the attack then he threw a punch aimed for the clones head which struck but with less impact than he anticipated.
Naruto happy he got first hit tried again this time with his left hand but the clone dodged ducking under his hand the clone tackled him to the ground sitting above him the clones rained punches on naruto who was trying his best to dodge them,but was failing mostly. Dodging one of the punches the clones knuckles hit the floor hard giving naruto time for a counter attack which he took, headbutting the clone.
The stunned clones body weakened slightly which naruto used to his advantage grabbing the collar of the clones track suit he pulled forward to slam his head on the floor which almost worked had the clone not regained his senses quickly replacing himself with a log.
Getting up quickly naruto was forced to dodge a kick which was followed up by more kicks and punches , crouching down going for a leg sweep the clone jumped up quickly reacting to his attack, seeing this Naruto decided to try something new spinning on his right hand (something like the coffee grinder dance) he stretched his free hand up to grab the clones leg missing one leg he was successful in grabbing the other, luckily the clone did not jump too high. Pulling on the clones leg he dragged it down as he rotated his body to swing the clone away, but the clone reacted quick flipping while doing a hand stand. He landed perfectly and was about to attack naruto who was dashing towards him when one of the observing clones shouted "kenjutsu".
summoning a plain katana he blocked a strike from the original naruto as they looked at each other smilling like kids playing with toys, they began attacking each other with a lot more vigor that even a passerby would think they were just trying to kill each other. At every attack naruto made it was either blocked or deflected it was getting annoying, but it made sense as he was basically fighting himself 'i have to end this soon I'm getting tired' he thought before he went for a direct slash that was blocked by the clone both of their sword forming an X shape as they fought for dominance pushing back on each other naruto saw a chance to win and so he took a step back, letting the surprised clone fall forward. Moving the hand holding the sword forward he quickly thrust it forward,stabbed the clone in the chest which dispelled him.
Looking down to the floor while trying to regain his breath he heard the clones drop from the trees, Naruto sat on to floor panting as they approached him "so, how did i do this time" he said not bothering to look at who he was talking to. "pretty good, considering you have been training since last night and this morning too" one clone said stating the obvious.
"i have noticed that most of our attacks are too direct when using the kick boxing fighting style, and you did not use the other style, any particular reason" another clone said which was followed up by the others support.
Raising up his head "i felt using that style in a spar would be unnecessary and about the direct stuff that's how the style is remember, we made many alternative counter attacks for whatever move the enemy chooses to use." naruto replied while looking at the remaining clones before asking if there was anything else which they responded no
"well if that's all I'm off the the hotel i need a nice rest, the rest of you can continue training on fuinjutsu and kenjutsu"naruto said as he created 40 clones that were directed by the other 5 to where they would train. Seeing as he wasn't needed again he left the training ground.
Naruto had been walking for 5 minutes now and for some reason his mind continued bringing up his previous thoughts, he initially expected his mind to shove the thoughts of his non existing romance life aside for a longer time, but too bad it failed, now it was all be could think of and he had nothing to distract himself. Coming to a conclusion to his problem was a bit troublesome, but it was either.
1. Find someone to date and possibly marry real quick before he returns back to konoha
OR
2. Go back to konoha and remain single for life
Mentally laughing it was obvious he would go with plan 1 but now how he would do that was the problem. It would be weird to just walk up to some random girl and start flirting with her, and the probability of him getting a girl that way was 50/50. He could also try attending social events, that seemed better and all but he doesn't really have any connections here or know of any event being held.
Paying attention to the surrounding ahead of him was a bar, stopping to think of if he could try something jiraiya would likely use to pick up girls. Mentally laughing he thought 'those only work if you looking for a hooker or some weird chick who's probably a guy in disguise 'he thought as he continued heading for the hotel.
Walking past the door naruto was rudely shoved to the side by someone who didnt even care to apologise as he dashed past him. About to yell at him he was hit by another person who followed after the other, unlike the first one this one decided to yell at him 'watch where you going loser '. This enraged naruto and picking up a little stone nearby he aimed and threw it, watching as the stone hit the second guy on the head instantly knocking him unconscious.
Laughing he dusted his palms as he was about to walk away before he heard someone laugh and say "nice shot." caught off guard naruto replied "thanks" as he turned around to see the stranger that complimented him, his body stiffened anticipating an enemy, naruto stared hard at the woman who stood before him.
Feeling slightly uncomfortable from his silent stare she tried to lighten the mood saying "you know staring at a girl is not always the best way to make a good impression" this snapped naruto back to reality as he apologized. "don't worry about it, besides your not so bad looking either " she said giving him a small smile. Naruto blushed from what she said before replying "thanks uhh miss".
Walking past naruto she replied "mei and to be clear I'm not going to attack you" naruto was a bit surprised that she noticed his body tense up from her compliment. Honestly he wasn't scared of her or anything, rather it was that she kinda snuck up on him without him sensing her presence at all
He rushed to meet her, and when he was beside her he said "sorry about that, your response just caught me by surprise" smiling at her he extended his hand "my name is naruto and its nice meeting you mei san" he said as he waited for her to either take his hand or leave him hanging which would have annoyed , he watched as she gently extended her hands to hold his. she replied "No need for all that formality stuff call me mei or mei chan"she said smiling cheekily.
Happy that she accepted his apology he decided he wasn't going to waste it, besides this served as an opportunity for him to gain more experience in talking with females differently.
"well then i prefer you call me naruto kun"naruto replied calmly meanwhile his mind was screaming 'what are you doing, don't say that !!!' turning his thoughts off.
"well then na-ru-to-KUN its nice to meet you" mei said after giggling at his failed attempt to fluster her.
Naruto trying to think of anything interesting to say that does not include konoha or training said "you know this the first time i have seen you in the village, are you new or your just visiting"
" i'm here on some business matters ,to be honest i just arrived in the village some minutes ago and wanted to get familiar, maybe have some fun" mei said as she looked at some of the shops beside her unaware of naruto gazing at her briefly " there's tons of fun things you can do here, I'm sure you would enjoy your stay" naruto said enthusiastically. This interested mei causing her to focus her attention as they continued their conversation.
It had been 30 minutes of walking and talking naruto and mei had reached the separate roads to their hotel. Naruto said "i had fun mei chan maybe we can hangout sometime" feeling bummed about their conversation coming to an end.
Seeing this as a good opportunity to tease him "oh...like a date?" she said while trying her best to look innocent.
"d-date its not like that, i just really enjoyed talking to you that's all i promise" he apologized quickly before she became upset.
"relax i was just kidding, i enjoyed our little conversation too maybe we can continue some other time" she said while turning from him "have a good night naruto kun" she said before turning slightly giving him a wink as she continued walking to her destination.
Watching her walk away naruto sighed as he smiled said "goodnight mei chan" before walking to the hotel he stays.
Two Days later
Waking up early today, naruto had decided that rather than training he was going to buy some new clothes and equipments. Sluggishly getting up he turned to look at jiraiya's bed, immediately noticing it was empty except for the piece of paper on it, getting up he stretched before walking to see what was written on it, already expecting some lame ass excuse to ditch him.
It didn't come as a surprise when the he saw 'I have some serious research to do so continue with your training' folding the paper he threw it away. He had gotten used to the excuses jiraiya makes to the point that it doesn't even matter if he trains him or not, but he prefers training alone as it allows him to be more flexible in things he tries during training.
Walking to the bathroom he decided it was time to get his day started. Brushing his teeth and taking a bath had taking quite a little time but now all he needed to do was send his clones to train and find something to eat.
Closing the room door naruto had decided to eat something outside, walking away from the hotel he contemplated where and what to eat, seeing a small restaurant he decided to check them out, he entered and found a descent place to sit ,getting comfortable he observed someone walking towards him who from her dressing he could tell she was a waitress here, she had light blue hair cut in a hime style she stood at a 5,0 her body shape was average with an average burst size(I'm bad in describing so just picture the default Japanese waitress outfit in anime's).
When she was close enough she bowed slightly "Good morning sir, what would you be having today" she said smiling politely waiting for his response.
"a sandwich and tea would be fine, miss"naruto replied giving her a smile that caused her to blush. Nodding her head she turned to walk away before giving him a final look then rushing to the kitchen .
Naruto not paying much attention to her didn't notice her action as he was thinking about the fact that he had not seen mei since that night, to be realistic the chances of both of them running into each other was kinda slim, the village although not as big as konoha was pretty big, with a very high population and hoping to find her would be like looking for a
particular grain of rice in the bag full of rice. Shaking his head he directed his thoughts to the upcoming festival which was kinda the reason for him going shopping today. Sighing he thought 'who knows maybe he might see her there' .
"here's your meal sir" the same waitress said placing his tray of food on his table, naruto seeing this broke from his thoughts as he said "thank you miss".
"if there's anything else you need I'm here so feel free to call me" she said smiling at him like she expected something else. "yes ma'am" naruto said giving her a playful salute which caused her to giggle. Watching her walk back to the kitchen where she was immediately pulled by some other female waitress, which Naruto summarized as weird. Staring at his food hungrily he clapped his hands together saying "itadakimasu"as he began eating.
Surprised at how quickly he finished his meal naruto called the waitress over who to his surprise responded quickly "thanks for the meal, it was delicious" he said sipping the remains of his tea before pulling out money from his pocket to pay.
"thank you,h-hope you come back again" she stuttered a reply while blushing before taking the money from him while bowing down slightly.
1 hour later
'who knew shopping could be so stressful' naruto though as he walked out a clothing shop. Immediately after leaving the restaurant he had walked from various clothing shops looking for something to buy, but to his annoyance some of them either did not have kimono's or were sold out, luckily he was able to buy one that was rather full looking as it was plain black without any design, honestly it wasn't anything special but he could manage .
Walking sluggishly to a nearby street bench naruto hung his backpack that contained the scrolls where the clothes he bought were sealed on the arm of the bench. Sitting down he relaxed his body as he closed his eyes. He couldn't believe his clones forgot about the dispelling technique he used to reduce the stress of information now he had to deal with a mind shattering head ache and it hurt as hell.
Unlucky for him, his rest was cut short as he heard someone call his name. Thinking nothing of it he decided to ignore the voice but then he heard it again this time a bit closer than before. 'wonder who that is, only a few people know me here' he thought briefly before it hit him 'Including...' raising up his head quickly he looked around hoping that he was right.
Laughing "someones feeling really energetic today" was the only response the intruder gave.
"m-mei" naruto stuttered blushing as he studied her. This was the first time he had seen her clearer, sure the first day they met he could tell she was good looking, but now having a good look he could sum her up in one word 'beautiful' he thought still looking at her saying nothing.
Mei is a tall, slender woman with fair skin. She has green eyes, and ankle-length, auburn hair styled into a herringbone pattern at the back, a top-knot tied with a dark blue band, and with four bangs at the front. Two bangs are short, with one covering her right eye, and two are long, crossing each other on her bust, just below her chin.
She wears a long-sleeved, dark blue dress that falls just below the knees. It seems to be closed at the front with a zipper, and is kept open on the front-right side from the waist down. The dress only covers up to the upper part of her arms and the underside of her breasts. Underneath, she wears a mesh armour that covers slightly more of her upper body than her dress. She also wears a skirt in the same colour as her dress and, underneath those, mesh leggings reaching down over her knees. Around her waist, she wears a belt with a pouch attached to the back on the left along with high-heeled sandals, shin-guards reaching up over her knees, dark blue nail polish on her fingers and toes and purple lipstick.
Naruto coughing as he tried to regain his composure "uh you looking good" he said trying to think of a something less akward. Meanwhile he was panicking in his thoughts 'screw me sideways and call me willy, how in the hell is she this good-looking. she's way outta my league '.
Laughing at his reaction "same could be said about you naruto kun" she said before continuing "so any particular reason why you sleeping on a public bench".
"just had a really stressful day and decided to rest a bit" he replied scratching the back of his head as he chuckled lightly.
"Oh...sorry for disturbing your rest ,how bout I make it up to you" mei said with her tone changing into a sultry tone as she licked her lips rather slowly .
Sweating vigorously naruto responding "nah its ok, if you don't mind me asking what you doing here" looking away at her. 'hot' was the only word that echoed in his mind.
"i heard the zoo here is really awesome so i wanted to check it out, but i kinda dunno where it is" mei said feeling slightly embarrassed, since she arrived she had not had time to explore the village. So when she heard about the zoo she decided to go see it, a chance to ditch Ao and the others.
Looking away from naruto as if she expected him to make fun of her mei observed the civilians passing by them, she watched as many couples passed by them holding hands some other kissing and openly flirting with each other.
Confused about why she suddenly went silent naruto observed her, he saw what she was looking at and he took note of her sudden change of emotions before she quickly hid it. "do you know where it is" she said smiling at him trying to hide her sadness.
Silently looking at her for a while naruto knew what she was doing, when he was younger he hid all his anger and sadness behind cheerful smiles so it was really easy for him to tell the real deal from a copy cat. "yeah, but directing you from here is going to be a bit confusing" he replied calmly.
Thinking for a while "would you mind taking me there, that is if your not busy" she said hoping naruto would take the bait. Going to the zoo alone was like going to some fancy restaurant alone you would draw unnecessary attention to yourself.
Naruto stared blankly for a while before blinking repeatedly his mind processing what she said 'is she asking me out. No no she said she didn't know the way there so I'm only an escort. But then again this seems like a good opportunity to...' he thought mentally smirking. "if i didn't know better mei chan i would say your asking me out".
'nice plan but too bad Naruto kun' mei thought mentally laughing at how easily he fell for her trap " what if i am na-ru-to KUN" she said giving him a smirk while emphasizing on the 'kun' as she leaned forward as if trying to give him a peck giving him a clear view of her cleavage. "Don't tell me your going to turn me down" she continued faking a sad look switch mood from sexy to sad quickly.
Gulping trying to avoid looking at her cleavage while failing Naruto thought 'a trap? No I must not loose' enjoying her teasing "then its a date" he said giving her a full blown smile not really getting a good comeback.
Surprisingly mei blushed for a bit before suppressing it. 'interesting' mei thought getting up " why dont we start going" she said feeling hyped about how their 'date' would turn out.
Nodding his head naruto got up hanging his backpack on his shoulder as they both walked from the park.
Some minutes later at the zoo
Naruto chuckled as he looked at mei feeling the excitement she was obviously failing to contain "you really do like animals" he said as he paid some money for tickets (i don't know how zoos work, i think you pay for some kind of pass that allows you to walk freely).
"Of course animals are so cute and adorable" mei replied smiling. Normally she wouldn't let herself show most of her girly side but she felt comfortable around naruto ,it also helped that he payed attention to her.
"i feel like i should be concerned about an animal stealing my date" naruto said looking slightly down, this earned some giggles from other people. Imagining himself on an alter as he heard an unknown voice say 'ladies and gentlemen i give you uzumaki naruto, the first man to loose his date to an animal' meanwhile a ripped koala stayed in the background flexing his bicep ,naruto was mentally crying.
Laughing " i doubt that would happen" she said noticing naruto get slightly happy, deciding to have some fun with him."but against a panda you might have some problems there naruto kun".
"then i just have to keep you away from the panda section" he said smirking proudly at his master plan.
They spent their time seeing various animals and getting to know each other, after all that's what dates are about, They exchanged stories and Naruto made her laugh most of the time there,it was really fun. Deciding to end their date when it was getting late naruto walked mei to her hotel.
The walk to the hotel was not much they both talked and enjoyed each others company. But something else happened, they had stopped to buy some ice cream while naruto was chatting with the clerk mei apparently had gotten distracted looking at a passing couple she couldn't help it but curl her fist.
Noticing she was not answering him about the flavor she wanted he observed what she was interested in for a while before looking at her, seeing the same emotion as the one she displayed at the park. Naruto frowned slightly before covering it with a smile he stretched his hands forward before poking her by her side, this caught her by surprise making her jump a bit, making a weird sound.
" oh my kami, did you just eep" he laughed not expecting such a reaction from her.
"i did not, i-i" mei said in denial trying to think of a good lie. But naruto was just looking at her smiling waiting for a response.
"i think it was cute" he said giving her a wide smile which instantly got her silent." now why don't you make an order, we got some ice cream to devour" he concluded playfully giving her a cheeky grin.
The clerk watched them with amusement as mei made her order. "You two are so adorable" she said to Naruto.
"Thanks" he replied.
"So how long have you two been dating" she added happily looking at them.
'dating' was all Naruto and mei mentally repeated as they looked at each other blushing slightly. 'well we do look like a couple' Naruto thought as he looked at mei briefly before replying "not for long, hopefully we would last for a very long time" as he threw his arm over mei's shoulder making her blush, the clerk squealed with delight from his response as she rushed to give them their order, not wanting to intrude on their date.
Quickly collecting their ice cream naruto paid before exchanging farewells with the clerk as they took their leave. Removing his hand for her shoulder Naruto decided to try a risky move by stretching his single hand towards mei's, immediately taking her hand in his.
Now they were walking hand in hand, it was exciting and weird to mei. Thinking of why he would suddenly make a brave move she concluded that he had noticed her reaction to the passing couple or it was payback for all her teasing, so testing her theory she said "that was a nice plan back there, i almost failed to notice what you did there " looking at their linked fingers .
Chuckling slightly from being caught he said "Come on we're on a date, it's only natural for us to hold hands".
Observing him if his response was a lie "next time do it from the start" mei said pouting from his response.
"Yes ma'am" he said saluting her while smiling at her implying the possibility of another date 'nice going romeo' he mentally applaued himself for his slick save.
When they got to the hotel mei stays, both parties exchanged their pleasantries as they prepared to go their separate ways.
But then mei asked naruto if he could show her around the village the next day, that is if he wasn't busy. Quickly agreeing, it was decided that he would meet her at the hotel early in the morning.
The third day
Basically naruto and mei spending their day going site seeing in the village. It wasn't a very interesting thing to do. But Naruto saw it as an opportunity from kami for him to strengthen their developing closeness , so he spent most of his time trying to know more about her and keeping her entertained.
It also helped that Mei was making it a bit easier for his advances, this gave him the boost in confidence that he could accomplish his goal by the end of the day.
...
He was finally able to ask her out to the festival. So Naruto ended his day by giving praises to kami that she accepted his proposal, honestly he didn't know how he would have reacted should she have refused