Short chappie, just setting up a new chapter idea.

Having as few friends as she did, it was an understatement to say that Naruto was not expecting to find Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno standing in her doorway. The two most popular girls in school at the village screw-up's apartment? This set the fox girl on edge; nothing good could possibly come from this visit.

"Hey Naru-chan, how are you girlfriend?" Ino smiled and hugged her tightly, a little too tightly for Naruto's tastes.

"Naru-chan, what's up doll?" Sakura pulled her in for a hug as well, crushing the poor girl.

"Oh! Sasuke! I didn't realize you would be here." Ino smiled in a way that was supposed to be seductive but really just made her look constipated. She pushed her way into the fox girl's apartment and sat on the couch as though she owned the place.

"Hn." Sasuke chose not to comment; he'd been watching over Naruto almost her whole life. Most of his days were spent staring into her apartment from a nearby tree, lounging on her roof, or following her around the village as she went about her business and never once had he ever seen Sakura or Ino even speak to his charge unless it was to bully or taunt her.

"Yes Sasuke, we had no idea you'd be visiting Naru-chan." Sakura shoved the orange clad girl out of the way and plopped down in the love seat, patting the space beside her with an invitation to make himself at home.

"Umm.. I don't wanna be rude or anything," Naruto wasn't friends with them or anything but she really didn't want to give them anymore reasons to hate her, "But what are you guys doing here?" She closed the door behind her but didn't take her hand off of the door knob.

"Naru-chan! I'm shocked! Are you saying we're not welcome here?" Ino cried, holding a hand over her heart.

"We're just trying to reach out and be kind, you don't have to be mean about it!" Sakura called, finally giving up on getting Sasuke to sit beside her.

"No no, that's not at all what I meant, I simply meant that I wasn't expecting you since you've never come over before." Had you asked her this morning Naruto would have gladly bet her life that Sakura and Ino wouldn't set foot in her humble abode unless on pain of death.

"Well we wanted to fix that, you know we are in the same AP Physics class and we figured it'd be nice to make a study group with you!" Sakura cast a sideways glance at Sasuke, "You could join too if you wanted to Sasuke, we have no problem with it."

"Of course not! We'd love to have you in our study group!"

"That's... nice and all" Naruto chose this moment to step in and put an end to this whole study group talk, "But Sasuke is just here for the notes and to go over the lecture and I have some fairly.. unorthodox study methods. I don't think a study group is such a good idea."

"Oh come off it Naru-chan! How unorthodox can they really be? Besides I'm sure even someone as brilliant as Sasuke needs a little help studying from time to time." Sasuke ignored the blatant flattery from Sakura in favor of watching the young fox's face.

"Well.. when I study I like to listen to music and I like to work out in between problems so I tend to study either in the park or the dojo." She flushed and rubbed the back of her head. Sasuke simply smirked, he'd spent many a day doing his own homework when she did hers and Naruto running around in a sports bra was the best distraction in the world.

"I do that as well, Although I alternate between working out and practicing guitar." The Uchiha prince spoke up. Sometimes he'd change and show up at the park a few minutes before she did and she'd say hello and they'd share a table so she could hear him play once in a while. He loved playing for her because she loved his music, not because he was hot but because she genuinely loved music.

"Well I'd love to do that!" Ino said, batting her eyelashes at Sasuke.

"Yes! The park is the perfect place to study!" Agreed Sakura.

Naruto frowned softly, she enjoyed the solitude of the park. When Sasuke was there she didn't mind listening to him play but he tended to not force conversation on her. He'd say hello and if she was in the mood for company he was more than happy to provide it. On the other hand, if she wanted solitude they'd sit quietly without so much as a word. It was nice, especially since she didn't have to worry about someone stealing her stuff while she ran a lap, not that Konoha was particularly dangerous but… some classmates of hers were known to be prats. Having Ino and Sakura there well... she could almost imagine the horror

xxxx Naruto's mental Theater xxxx

A long squeal rang through the park as Sakura once again "accidentally" dropped water on the Uchiha prince's white shirt, forcing the boy to strip yet again, and study shirtless. She apologized patting at his naked skin with a towel that wasn't really drying anything. Ino kept trying to get in on this by rubbing any wet piece of skin with a napkin. Sasuke of course simply chuckled and basked in the adoration of his club. Naruto, annoyed beyond reason, gets up and walks away from the squealing girls.

xxxxx end xxxx

Naruto sweat dropped, the park would slowly but surely begin to fill up with more and more of his fan club if Ino and Sakura showed up. Then the sanctity and peace of the park would be obliterated.