It's Always Been Us All

A/N: Well, I’m back. I’m no longer working… So YAY for me! I will be going to Mexico in a week though; hopefully I get a laptop before then. Oh, if I get a laptop and take it to Mexico, I’ll have like twenty chapters when I come back! Do you guys have any idea how BORING Mexico is?! O_O If it weren’t for the fact that I like to read books, I’d probably DIE of boredom. TV in Spanish sucks, by the way. Eh, ranting over. Anyways, Hope you guys enjoy this chappie! Please review!

Chapter four- Relationships at Heart

Naruto watched as the stranger he had met only moments ago sprinted backwards and ran faster than he would imagine she could. What the hell?! He had no idea what was going on… but he at least did know one thing. He had to chase the girl down.

“This sucks,” He said to himself as he started jumping from tree to tree in an easy attempt to catch up to the black haired beauty. In a matter of seconds Naruto found himself landing about twenty feet in front of her, his arms crossed, and a bored expression plastered on his face. It was all for show though… He hadn’t been this intrigued by a girl for a long time. And he was itching to know more about her.


“Stop right there… I don’t want to hurt you,” Perhaps those were the wrong words to say, because at the mention of hurting her, the girl’s eyes widened in shock, and immediately she turned the opposite direction and started her run once again.


“Shit,” Naruto rolled his eyes and got ready to run after her once more, but suddenly, he was able to sense a familiar Chakra flow very near by… And he figured he’d done enough exercise for the day, so he opted to watch and be amused.


“WHO ARE YOU, WHAT DO YOU WANT?” The girl stopped abruptly as Kiba stood before her, one eyebrow raised in question. Naruto growled in frustration. The girl made it seem as if though they had attacked her first! He had no time for nonsense! They had to get rid of her soon so they could continue on their mission.


“Listen, YOU had me under a jutsu! So, we ask the questions, and you answer them, Comprende?” Naruto walked closer to the couple and stood beside Akamaru, mentally rolling his eyes as the dog nudged him in the leg.


Yeah… he had missed him too…


“You were following me, why?” Naruto looked at the girl straight in eye, noticing how tired she really looked. Her hair was nothing but a tangled mess; she had dark circles under her eyes, and those blue ocean pools that had captivated him only moments ago, served to cause a nasty stirring in his stomach. She looked awful.


“I... Didn’t know where to go… I don’t know where to go…” Her small voice echoed in his head. He didn’t have time for this, DAMMIT!


“So you put him in a jutsu?” Kiba’s voice was heard for the first time in this confrontation. If it wasn’t for the fact that they had a strange half naked girl in front of them, he’d tackle the dog for taking so long and getting them lost in the first place! THIS WAS ALL HIS FAULT!


“I wasn’t sure if he would hurt me or not… I had to take precautions.” She looked Kiba in the eye, and Naruto watched as that familiar glint was now in Dog Boy’s eyes. Oh great… now he had to try and keep him from molesting her.


“Are you alone?” Naruto inquired, trying to get this over with a soon as was humanly possible.


“……Yes,” Was the simple reply that the girl gave. Naruto watched her as she looked down, her fingers playing a war with each other. There was something weird about her, but he couldn’t quite place his finger on it… yet.


“Are you hungry?” Kiba asked her, and he couldn’t help but roll his eyes as the girl’s head shot up at the promise of food. Great… now they were in for it! They were officially stuck with helping this stranger in whatever she needed help with.


Stupid damned Kiba!


“Let’s return to Camp then,” Naruto leaped onto a tree and took off, expecting Kiba to do the work for him. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to help the girl… It was just that he had enough problems as it was. Plus they had a mission to complete… They had NO time for stupid shit like this.


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“What’s your name?” Kiba had been flirting with the girl since they had returned to camp. But what really annoyed Naruto the most was that the girl seemed to be flirting back. She seriously couldn’t be into Kiba! She must have some other ulterior motive.


“My name is Meaiko; you can call me Ako,” The girl smiled and took a small bite of the fish Kiba had given her. “Where are you guys from?”


“We’re Konoha ninja; we’re on a mission to the Bear Village.” Kiba blurted out as he junked down his canteen of water.


Now Naruto had known Kiba for many, many years. But he had honestly thought that the dog boy couldn’t get any stupider! Apparently though, he had been mistaken. Honestly, what guy in their right mind gave away their mission to the enemy?! Although he supposed she wasn’t technically their enemy. More like a lost girl in the middle of the forest trying to get some food… But still. She had put him under a jutsu! He wondered when Kiba had last gotten laid… that was probably the reason why he was acting so… Kiba-ish. Shino and Hinata were probably holding out on him. Bastard deserved it too.


“Wow, you two must be really strong…” Ako smiled sweetly at Kiba, touching his arm slightly as she passed him the canteen he’d given her earlier. Naruto mentally rolled his eyes as he watched Kiba choke.


Idiot.


Suddenly, a beautiful idea popped into Naruto’s head. Kiba was going to pay for this… “So Kiba, what do you think Shino is up to right now?” Ahhhh yes, he would mess with Dog boy’s head. And surely enough, Kiba started coughing even louder.

“Why the hell should I care, Naruto-chan,” Kiba growled out- but that didn’t stop the blonde.


“Well… Seeing on how he’s got you and Hinata on a tight leash and all... Speaking of Hinata, I miss her, don’t you?” And at that Kiba cursed under his breath as he stood.

“I’m going out for a walk, Uzumaki.”


Naruto had to applaud himself. He knew Kiba would cower under the threat of Hinata and Shino finding out of his very flirtatious nature. Though it was still surprising how much the Dog boy actually cared. Although he was happy at the outcome of Kiba’s reaction… apparently he hadn’t thought the whole thing through.


He was now stuck with Ako… alone.

“What’s wrong with Kiba-kun?” Ako asked innocently.

“Nothing… He just remembered of a few people that are probably going to be upset with him back home.” Naruto finished his food and stood. “You can sleep in that tent. Kiba and I will share mine.” He pointed at Kiba’s tent.

“You mean he’s in a relationship?” Ako completely ignored him and went back to the previous conversation. He wondered if maybe she was a spy. But then again, it was probably just her butting into other people’s business.


“Something of the sort… Why do you care?” He raised an eyebrow; taking in the full picture of the homeless girl once again.


“Well, its not that I care… just that I don’t want to bother him so much if he’s taken. What about you Naruto-kun, are you taken?” Her voice became smoother. And Naruto really had to give it to her… She was something else.


How was he supposed to answer that, he didn’t even know the answer to that question himself. Though he figured that that alone should be the answer in itself… Sasuke and Sakura probably hadn’t thought about him in these last few days. Why would he kid himself? He was no one to them… Why would they care about him? They had each other.

“I’m… Well… see…” That was a mistake though; he should have just said: “Yes, I’m in a relationship.” Unfortunately though, he didn’t.

Now she was all up on him.

“Well… How about you think about it, Naruto-kun, and in the meanwhile, you and I have some fun, eh?” She leaned into him and their lips pressed together.

Oh Kami… her lips are so soft…


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A/N: ReViEw eH! :D