Okay, before we start, I just want to say a few things.

First and foremost, I apologize for not updating any stories at all over the past few weeks or months. Things have become a little hectic with my exams and school, there's nothing I can do about that. I still have exams until June, or mid-June depending on the schedule I was given, so I might not be able to update any stories.

Second… yet here I am, with another new story.

Yaaay…

You guys may be sick of me for doing this kind of thing every now and then. Well, unfortunately, I can't help it. Inspiration is a fleeting thing. Easy come, easy go they said… So, now that I've made that clear, I hope that this piece of idea will somehow appeal all of you. It's kind of rare to see a Naruto x Kantai Collection story since both universes has little to none in common, but here is my take on it. The idea may be new, but it may also seem awkward as first since it's going to take a lot of thinking in order to figure out the whole thing out.

So please see and give this a chance, I'll upload more after I finish my exams… that also goes for the rest of my stories!

"Nagato-san, where should I put the boxes?"

"Right over there, Naruto-kun, by the table where the other boxes are at."

"Sure."

He drops the cardboard boxes gently, careful as to not cause any damage to the boxes. He stretches his back by twisting his body sideways for a moment and then wiping the sweat that threatened to drop from his forehead. It's a hot season in Fire Country, then again, when has it never been hot? The blonde haired, whiskered Jinchuriki glances at his client, who's currently busy going through some papers on a clipboard. He's gotten this job on the spot and figured out that he'll make a little money out of it. With the help of his cloning ability, he's doing the job of a mover. The people who moves people's stuffs when they move in to another place? Yeah, that sort of job. It's not bad, the pay should be enough to cover at least five bowls of ramen. And that's more than a lot for him.

Small yet echoey sound of footsteps are heard coming from the hallway from the living room. Another carbon and exact copy of Naruto emerges from the corridor, a satisfied expression on his face.

"Hey boss, we're done furnishing the living room. The rest of the guys are just waiting for your orders to dispel." The clone says to his original, giving a small flick.

"Yeah, tell 'em that they can dispel now." The real Naruto responds to his clone's information. He then turns his head sideways, focusing on the other person in the room. "Hey Nagato-san, you heard the guy, we're done here."

This woman, Nagato, no last name, is a woman from the capital city of Fire Country. He's never been to the capital, but if they're filled with beautiful women like Nagato-san, then he's bound to visit sometime soon when he's gathered up enough savings for a ride and pass inside the city. Something tells him that Nagato is not just your normal beautiful woman either. For once, she's tall, even taller than Kakashi-sensei. She has this cool and quiet atmosphere radiating off her. Her face, though she's a girl, has this rather masculine feeling when looked at. He blames his teenage hormones for this next one, but… man those things are huge! Her hair's long, reaching down to her waist and it's probably as soft as silk, if he's to guess from the shine it's reflecting.

She makes the jeans and shirt she wears look good and she carries around a brown leather bag behind her, probably where she stores some important stuffs.

"Ah, are you now?" taking her eyes off the clipboard, she takes a moment to look at the boy. "That's pretty quick, it seems that you shinobis are a lot more efficient than I thought."

Naruto frowns, but not from being offended. Instead, it's more from confusion. "You sound as if you've never met a shinobi before. Don't they have any ninjas in the Capital?"

Nagato shrugs her shoulders. "There might be, maybe, I do not know. It's a rare to see people from Konoha, and those who moved there are mostly those without shinobi backgrounds."

Naruto scratches his cheek, before shaking his heads while his arms are crossed. "I wouldn't count on that out yet, Nagato-san. There's really no telling whether or not those people who came from here to stay in the capital are ninjas or not. We're ninjas after all."

His statement makes Nagato think. "True… but even if I did talk to one, I guess that they might have been undercover." Nagato then places her clipboard on the shelf in the kitchen. "Would you like a cup of tea?"

"Oh, sure."

"Good. Go wait in the living room; I'll get them ready for us."

Naruto leaves the kitchen to head outside. He makes his way to the living, sitting on the couch that he – well, technically, it was his clones – arranged to fit nicely along with the other furniture in the house. The blonde haired and blue eyed genin looks around and he has to admit of doing quite a good job on decorating the place. He's done jobs like this previously, even before entering the academy. Those days were tough, especially when the people here dislike him for being a Jinchuriki. He never knows why they even bother on hiring at all if that's the case.

This house is located on the western side of Konoha, just where the residential district is at. Normally, it would seem a lot more logical to pay for an apartment since it's the most common form of housing rather than standard homes, a lot cheaper and convenient too. It seems that money isn't a problem for Nagato-san and folks from the Capital are probably used to living in houses rather than apartments. This house in particular is located next to the market district, which separates the eastern and western part of the village. Getting this house must have cost a lot of money.

He's only done the furniture, but not the real décor. Nagato-san's personal belongings are still in the boxes that he dropped off in the kitchen earlier and she said that she'll do the extra decorations herself. It's his first time getting a client who's not from Konoha, and that makes him a little nervous. Actually, he's somewhat excited. Being a genin, he doesn't leave the village that often, the last time he left the village for more than a day was when he had to escort Tazuna back to Wave country.

Yeah, not something he wants to remember.

But anyway, it's pretty curious as to what a person from the Capital is doing in a ninja village even if it's Konoha. Just as he is about to resume with his thoughts, his trained ears pick up footsteps from the corridor and Nagato emerges, entering the living room with a tray and two cups on said tray. She sets the tray on the coffee table in front of the couch and she takes few glances here and there.

"I have to say, you've done a great job at furnishing the living room." She comments as she then sits down on the opposite sofa. "Are the rooms upstairs furnished too?"

"Yup, all done and pretty." Naruto confirms while reaching for the steaming cup of tea at the same time. He takes a sniff of the aroma, and his nose is overcome by a familiar scent. "Lavender? Exotic…"

Seeing him recognizing what type of tea she's just served makes Nagato smile. "You drink tea often?"

Naruto shakes his head after taking a few small sips from the hot cup. "Not really, but I'm quite familiar with plants. I have a few patches of lavender's on my apartment roof. I considered making tea out of them but they make nice mosquito repellent when burned and they smell nice too, so…"

Nagato lets out a few chuckles of amusement upon seeing him struggle to voice out his reason. "Smart, as expected from a ninja."

Hearing her praise makes Naruto blush a little, this is a clue suggesting that he's not familiar with being praised. "Thanks…" the boy rubs the back of his head in a sheepish manner.

"You're welcome."

Then they enjoy their respective cup of teas in silent, after a while and a cup of tea later, Naruto breaks the silence again.

"Say, if you don't mind me asking, Nagato-san… what are you doing here in Konoha?"

"Me? Now what brings that up?" Nagato raises her eyebrow a few centimeters taller than usual.

"Just wondering." The blonde shrugs. "Someone from the capital would only come here for the tour… but not only did you come here, you also bought a house." his face scrunches up. "It's not often for something like that to happen."

"The tourism part or the buying a house part?"

"The buying a house part."

Nagato hums, cluing that she's actually giving his question a thought. The woman stretches her arms, before relaxing on the sofa once again. "If you really want to know… I've decided to come here for a vacation." She said with a sure tone. "But after a lot of thinking, I decided to make my stay here permanent. I've heard many things about Konoha, mostly about how militaristic this village is but it's also a nice place to live. As I've said before, we don't really have ninjas back in the Capital, so I'm also a little bit curious regarding that."

"You move here because you're curious about… ninjas?" the blonde cannot help but to tilt his head a little.

"…Quite." Nagato admits, chuckling a little. "I also have a sister living here, in fact, she should be here later today. So you can say that I'm also here to catch up with my little sister whom I haven't seen for a long while."

"Ah, I see." Naruto briefly glances to the clock that his clone hung on the wall of the living room. He then stands, after finishing his cup of tea. "Well, it seems that it's time for me to leave. I'll go and report back. Thank you for the tea, Nagato-san." He gives her a bright grin. "See you later!"

Nagato smiles back in return, waving at the blonde. She looks as Naruto exits her front door and then seeing said door closing. She sighs, though the smile remains on her face.

"It's off to a good start…"

But not exactly a quite one either.

"Maaan I'm beat…!"

Talking can really past the time. It was just around one thirty when he arrived at Nagato-san's house but it's already four when he exited. It doesn't help when they had tea to further prolong his duration in her house, but that's fine though since he enjoys talking. Especially when it's with beautiful women like Nagato-san.

He's now walking with a stupid grin on his face. Yeah, he's a simple man. Or boy, whatever.

"Oh yeah, I have a guy's night out with the gang today!" he realized as he's walking in the middle of a crowded street. Naruto then glances at the sky and a little bit of his worry is lifted. "I can still get there if I run!"

He really needs to manage his time better.

He promised some of his friends that they'll hang out sometime today, and that sometime is actually five minutes later. The place is their usual hangout spot, the Yakini-Q, a nice Yakiniku restaurant that's quite popular here in Konoha. Thankfully, the place is actually not far from where he's at as he's almost near the market district. He can just not attend the event and say that he had a mission to do, but he doubts that it'll work this time since Kiba is looking forward to hanging out with the rest of the guys. He doesn't want to make his friends sad and be a jerk by not attending the meet, it'll be a dick move from him, hell even more than what the Uchiha normally does.

As he walks, he starts to see people about his age dressed in white and navy blue school uniforms. It then clicks inside his head. The civilian school ended not too long ago, explaining why there are students walking home at this hour. He watches as a group of student consisting of both genders laughing as they walk past him. Looking at the scene makes him feel a little upset. It just goes to show how easy civilians have it, when compared to academy students like he was. Back then, when he was still in the academy, he'll always be home late due to evening practices.

Not that he's complaining or anything, but it consumed a lot of his time trying to make friends. Well, it's not like he'll have a chance even if he was sent home earlier either. So finding friends outside of the academy was hard for him, and it's a lot harder inside. It didn't help when he was considered the 'dead-last' of the batch, meaning that he was the only one who graduated with the lowest overall score.

However, he took a rather special test to make up for it.

Mizuki did him good, playing with his brains like that. He'll admit that it was pretty dumb for him to just believe the man like that. Stealing the forbidden Scroll of Sealing from the Hokage tower… yeah right, totally an exam alternative. Thinking about that incident makes him feel dumb, and he'll admit, he is still kind of dumb now too. Thanks to that incident, he got to meet his tenant; the giant fluffy nine tailed demon fox sealed in his gut. He won't be speaking with the fox anytime soon, but he knows that he will, someday. He's also gotten a little smarter, how's that for contradiction?

Iruka-sensei drilled him real hard after that incident. He scolded him like he's never scolded him before and, needless to say; it did a number on him. That was his moment of realization, one could say. He took this path not because he wants to get famous, he become a ninja because he wants to become Hokage, get acknowledged and protect Konoha as his home village. His naïve brain thinks that there are no nobler goals than that, and even so, that's fine. He'll work his way from the bottom first, and then enjoy the rewards later.

During the announcements, he was grouped with the Uchiha and Sakura-chan. He would've preferred if it is just him and Sakura but the bastard has his uses, he'll admit that. But Kakashi, man… he knows that he's an awesome guy, his battle with Zabuza at Wave showed that much, but he can be such a lazy ass sometimes! He can probably rival a Nara in that ground… yeah, something he'll like to see. That gives him a good idea. Why don't he try to pit Shikamaru and Kakashi on a challenge to see who's the laziest? Man it'll be epic…

As he walks with his mind drifting in its own musing, the streets take on a livelier atmosphere. He's no longer at the housing residence part of Konoha; he's at the market district now, where all the good things are at. Well, not all, but there's still good things here. The vendors are just as busy as any other shops around here. Their produces are commonly food and other commonly sold items like trinkets, odds and other general items. He's familiar with the place due to his younger days of living in the streets. Ever since the orphanage kicked him out, he's been roaming the streets living on ghettos and run downed buildings like that old shop by the corner. Not a very nice memory to reminisce about, but it's exactly that kind of life that's shaped him into what he is today. It may not be beautiful or anything, but it's nostalgic.

The young man's musing has finally brought his trip to an end without having to feel time. He reaches his destination, Yakini-Q restaurant. Kiba and the gang are probably already inside. Wasting no time, the blonde haired Jinchuriki steps into the restaurant. Unsurprisingly, no one greeted him the moment he enters. And he can see why.

The place is packed for the evening, Kiba probably called in for reservation. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gotten a table. He takes a moment to look around, trying to spot his friends.

"Yo, Naruto! Over here!"

Looks like there's no need for efforts after all.

Naruto sees a hoodie wearing brown haired boy with red fang tattoos on his cheeks waving at him from the table at the corner most area of the restaurant. Naruto waves his hand, telling the boy that he'll be there in a second. The blonde makes his way through the busy floor, evading waiters and waitresses who are working to fulfill customers' orders.

"Hey guys, sorry I'm late." The first he does when he arrives is apologizing. "I had a mission earlier today."

"Nah, it's okay man, as long as you arrive." Kiba says with a dismissive gesture. "Chouji, scooch over."

The aforementioned boy does as he is instructed, letting Naruto sit on the space beside him. "So what's the deal Kibbles?" Naruto asks with a playful grin. "Being the only boy in the family finally makes you lonely or something?"

Kiba, instead of getting offended, merely responds to the blonde's grin with a smirk. "Hahaha." He mocks. "At least I get to be with girls more than you ever do, whiskers." They share a laugh over the joke. "But, jokes aside, I called this meet in just so that we could discuss about our teams. I got stuck with Shino, Hinata and a total babe for a sensei, how about you blondie?"

Seeing Kiba's smirk growing makes Naruto's own grin stretch. He knows that Kiba's asking him to get a good laugh. He's stuck with a stuck up of an Uchiha and his loyal fan girl… and a lazy ass for a sensei. What's there not to talk about? Sarcasm heavy there…

"I have the honor of being in the same team as our revered Uchiha prince," If Kiba's looking for a laugh then it's a laugh he'll give. "his faithful entourage and a brave one eyed sensei. Although it's not as awesome as being in a team with a babe for a sensei like yours, we're still gonna kick your ass on every spar, doggy."

"Hah!" Kiba scoffs, looking at Naruto with amusement on his face. "We'll see about that, for now, oi Shika." He sends his attention to the fourth boy who's sleeping with his head slumped on the table. The Inuzuka pokes the pineapple haired boy on the side of his head with his finger, trying to get him to wake up. "Wake up, we're about to order food!"

"Urgh…" a tired, lazy and unwilling groan escapes the mouth of the now awaken Nara. Said Nara gazes lazily and sleepily at the table's occupants. His vision then catches something orange and yellow. "Oh, the troublesome blonde is here. 'sup."

Naruto waves a hand without saying anything.

"Just let Chouji order for me." his sleepy eyes narrows. "Just make sure to leave some for me, and yes I'm talking to you Chouji."

"Hehehe…" the Akimichi merely looks down in embarrassment. He's still embarrassed over what happened a few weeks ago, during their last hangout session. He ate all of the meat, leaving not even a strand of fat for Shikamaru. "Okay, I'll try to hold back."

"Don't try, please hold back."

The group orders three set meals for the yakiniku, meaning that they'll get three serving of sliced beef. They also order several servings of vegetables to go along with the meat. As for the drinks, they ordered root beers. While it's okay to order alcohol, since they're ninjas, it's wiser not to do so because they're still minors. Besides, Shika's mom will kill him if she figures out that he drinks sake.

In the middle of waiting, Chouji breaks the silence. "Say, Naruto."

The boy in question is currently in the process of chugging his root beer. It's a huge mug, so it'll take a while to even reach half of the content. The blonde raises his eyebrows, silently signaling that he's paying attention.

"You've had girlfriends before, right?"

In the middle of his drinking, he attempts to nod his head carefully as to not spill any drop.

"Does one of them happen to have silver hair and a very mean scowl?"

The blonde finally finishes drinking. "…how did you know?" his voice is really small.

"Well, she's looking at you right now. See?" everyone follows the direction of Chouji's figure, and it points to the entrance of the restaurant.

They all see a shorter and most definitely more feminine somebody looking, no, glaring at them from the entrance of the restaurant. Chouji doesn't have to be very descriptive, because what he's said nailed the mark. The person has silver hair, a long one at that, reaching down to her waist level. Her expression could only be described as a 'very mean scowl' because that's what it exactly is right now. She's wearing a unique sailor uniform that none of the boys – sans Naruto – have ever seen before. Instead of being a two piece uniform with the blouse and skirt, hers is actually incorporated into one, similar to that of a one piece dress. The red tie tied around the neck and underneath the navy blue and white stripped collar is also longer than the ones seen on normal female school uniforms. White is the color that dominates her attire, and navy blue seconds that. She may be beautiful, but there's no denying that her tangerine eyes are glaring at them.

Or Naruto, in particular.

"Oh hey look she's coming this way."

"Kiba." Naruto hisses out through gritted teeth. "Let's ditch this place."

"No way man, I so wanna see this!"

Naruto sighs heavily, feeling a headache suddenly hitting his head. "So much for friends…"

The girl who has been observing the group finally arrives at the corner of their table. It is now sure that she's been glaring at the blonde Uzumaki throughout all this time. Hesitantly, Naruto gives the girl a very crooked and forced smile. "Hey there Murakumo, long time no see."

The girl's expression does not change, it remains a scowl. "Hello there mister ex-boyfriend, mind telling me why haven't you been visiting lately?"

The others, minus Shikamaru since he's asleep, watch the scene with amusement.

"Eh… isn't it normal for us not to speak again since we broke up?" Naruto asks with real confusion in his tone and face.

"I suppose." Her expression relaxes, but her eyes are still aimed at the orange wearing blonde. "Still, that's not an excuse. Now, tell me, why haven't you been visiting?"

"Uh…" Naruto looks around. Kiba is making no attempt to hide his smirk and Chouji is giving him an awkward smile. Shika is still out. "I… uh… I've been busy with ninja stuffs, yeah, that's it."

His attempt to reason is crushed when Murakumo openly scoffs at his poor attempt in making one. "Like I'll believe that. You've been hitting on other girls haven't you? I heard from my friends that you're seen walking around the village with girls, fess up."

Naruto blinks. "Walking with girls… what the – look, I haven't been talking to girls for the past few weeks." Well, at least girls within his age range since Nagato-san is an adult. "And even if I did walk with a girl, why should you care?"

'He didn't just…' both Chouji and Kiba thought as one.

The corner of the silver haired girl's lips twitch, forming a rather intimidating smile. She's smiling, but there's nothing good radiating from it. Her arms crossed over her chest, Murakumo taps her foot on the floor. "Ohohoho… my ex-boyfriend is getting a little cocky after he broke up with me, huh? What would your friends think about the time whe-mmmmpph!"

"Stop it, stop it, stop it, stop it!" like an apple, Naruto's face is very red. He lashes at the girl with his hands covering her mouth. "You promised not to ever speak about that again!"

Murakumo pries his hands off her mouth. She allows a smug smirk to form on her face. Oh how she loves seeing men at the weakened state… "We're not a couple anymore, remember? Why should I care?"

Naruto makes a face of defeat, he heaves deeply before letting out the air in the form of one huge sigh. "Fine, you win." He looks at his friends. "Guys, hope you don't mind her joining us." Naruto scooches over, allowing Murakumo to sit beside him. He's now sitting between Chouji and his ex.

"No, no I don't. Not in the slightest."

"Wipe that stupid grin off your face doggy."

Chouji's face turns into delight when he spots a tray carrying waiter walking over to them. "Guys, our food's here! Naruto, turn on the heat."

"Meh…" The blonde casually turns on the gas stove, heating up the grill.

"So, Murakumo-san, if you don't mind me asking… what's your story with the idiot over here?" Kiba asks as the waiter places the raw beef and vegetables on the table. "We all know that he had girlfriends before but this's the first time for us to meet one of them."

Murakumo flicks a strand of silver hair off her face, allowing her eyes to get a clear look at the Inuzuka. "Story? It's nothing as silly as those 'love at first sight' cliché that happens in manga. We knew each other because he happened to be close with one of my sisters. He was helping her with a few things and he approached me." she smiles coyly. "Yeah, that's right; he's the one who made the first move."

"Yeah, yeah…" Naruto is not amused. "Rub it all in…"

"We talked for a little bit, then he asked if it's okay to visit once in a while." Her smirk does not lose its amusement. "Ever since then he's been visiting, then one day, we're going out."

The sound of pork lard being melted on the grill emits a rather satisfying sizzling noise, much more so when the beef is cooked. As usual, the boys leave all the cooking to Chouji. Meanwhile, Kiba is engaging in a conversation with Murakumo and Naruto. Shikamaru is still asleep.

"Which school do you go to, Murakumo-san?" Kiba asks.

"I attend Teito High." She answers casually. "My sisters are there too, all of us attend different classes though."

"Have you ever been to their school, Naruto?" the dog loving boy directs the question to his blonde friend.

"A few times, most of the time I was there to pick her up from school." The blonde answers with a light grumble.

"How 'boyfriend' like of you, whiskers."

"Fuck you Kibbles."

Murakumo sees their interaction with a small smile. When she was still dating Naruto, she's never seen him talk like this. Nor has she seen him with his friends at all. Now, it's a little bit amusing to see him talking with his friends.

"Hey, Murakumo, you eating or what?"

"Oh, yes, in a second." She snaps herself from her inner musings. Naruto offers her a bowl of rice, as well as a pair of chopsticks. She utters a small 'ittadakimasu' before reaching over to grab some of the beef strips that's all cooked on the grill. "Naruto, pass me the soy sauce."

"Here."

"Thank you."

"Yeah."

Kiba watches with disappointment on his face, his chopsticks are inches away from his rice. "Is this how you guys normally look like during a date?"

Both exes look at the Inuzuka at the same time. "Yes/Yeah."

"If so, then I can see why you guys broke up." He then begins eating. "Speaking of which, why did you guys broke up anyway?"

Simultaneous 'clinks' are heard. Naruto nearly drops his chopsticks to the floor, managed to stop it just before it falls off the table. Murakumo nearly drops her bowl; thankfully, she's managed to prevent it from happening.

"…Eh…"

"…"

Kiba immediately regrets asking that question. He looks downwards, hiding his face. "Sorry."

"No worries, we got over each other a long time ago so we get that a lot." It is Murakumo who answered, surprisingly. "Besides, it's better this way…" she trails off, quietly picking up beads of rice with her chopsticks.

Kiba observes his blonde friend being uncharacteristically silent throughout the whole thing. It's obvious that something big happened when they broke up, but Kiba's not a hound dog, so he won't be sniffing past the line. The group eats in uncomfortable silence. Shikamaru wakes up to eat his fill, he doesn't even bother questioning who the new girl is and Chouji doesn't order any extras because there's really no use in prolonging the awkwardness of the atmosphere.

Dinner is also quick and now, all that's left to do is to pay for the bill.

"Okay, let's split the bill."

"Ah, let me pay too-"

"No, it's fine." Naruto stops whatever attempt that Murakumo is making to reach inside her school bag to find her purse. "I'll pay for her portion."

"Hey, there's no need for that!"

"Just let me do it." Naruto cuts her off again, putting twice the amount of money to cover up Murakumo's expenses.

"…fine then." Murakumo says without a single hint of her previous insistency. "I guess I'll go now." She walks away without even saying goodbye.

"Pst." Naruto glances at Kiba. "Go get 'er."

"Heh." Naruto grins. Giving his feral friend a thumb up, Naruto then exits the restaurant.

Once outside, the enigmatic blonde catches up to his fleeing ex-girlfriend who is already away from the area. "Wait, Murakumo!" She does not stop walking. "Oi! Don't ignore me damnit!" he catches up to her, keeping his pace so that he can walk alongside her.

"Do you have any more business with me, mister ex-boyfriend?" it's hard to tell whether she's being sarcastic or seriously mad. Usually, Murakumo is pretty obvious when she's angry, but now, not anymore it seems like.

"Hey, don't sound like that… you make me sound like I did something horrible that even Buddha himself won't forgive." the Uzumaki frowns. "What were you doing there anyway? Your school's on the other part of town, hell your house's further than that."

"Hmph." The girl looks away sassily, something that she normally does. "I wanted to take a walk around the village, why, concerned that your ex-girlfriend was walking alone with no one to look out for her?"

Unfortunately for Murakumo, Naruto is not so easy when it comes to baiting. "…let me change my question then. How did you find me?"

"It wasn't hard." She says. "I just had to look out for a guy with a stupid face then I know it's you without a single doubt."

'Ouch.' Man, she's still salty. "Look, Murakumo, can we… talk?" he stops dead in his tracks, his voice falling few decibels lower.

After three steps, it's the silver haired girl's turn to stop walking. She hasn't turned around to give him an answer yet, but he hears her taking in a deep breath. "We can talk."

Naruto perks up.

"But I don't want to."

He flinches.

"I know that, if we talk, we're going to talk about the reason why you broke up with me. I know it." She turns around, showing him her indifferent face. "You told me before, more than once even, that you broke up with me because of your new job. I get that, in fact, I understand. Your job's going to be so time consuming that you won't even have time for me, your job's going to be so dangerous that there might be chance for me to get involved, your job will get you killed and you don't want me to feel sad if you died one day."

There is no shouting involved, but Naruto feels as if he's been pierced by millions of Haku's needle all over his body… again.

"I get those 'I don't want to involve you in my job' reasons! I get that!" now she's raising her voice. "But what I don't get is why… why don't you believe me when I said that we'll be fine." Her voice cracks, emotions begin to flow out. "Don't you believe in me, Naruto? Do you think that I'm just like those love struck high school girls that you used to date? Well, just in case you don't know, I'm not. Never was, and I will never be."

Naruto cannot move, nor can he bring himself to look at Murakumo straight in the eye. Murakumo's expression visibly relaxes, realizing that she's been shouting. The silverette grips the handle of her school bag with twice the normal force used, she also bites her bottom lip lightly.

"…you did it because you don't want to see me hurt." She turns away, facing the direction she was facing moments ago. "But it's you who hurt me in the end." Dropping the mic, Murakumo walks away, not even sparing him any last look.

Naruto hangs his head, the shadows of his locks covers his eyes. The people around are still going on about their daily life, unaware of the little standoff that's happened amongst them. As children laugh, people chat and citizens wander; he's alone in the middle of the road, standing pathetically.

He doesn't get it, he doesn't.

Isn't what he did the right thing? Being a ninja, he's fully aware of the consequences and hardships that it'll bring, so he broke up with Murakumo, knowing that she may be involved if he's careless enough. He can take of himself, but he's not sure if he could keep Murakumo safe. It's because he's weak. Even during the encounter with Zabuza, his entire being was shaking from fear alone. When fighting Haku too, he relied on the fox's power instead of using his own strength. He's pathetic. So pathetic that he ended up hurting the one he was trying to protect.

In his downcast state, he makes an effort to look upwards, staring at the orange and purplish sky.

"…I'm such a fuck up."

With his hands in his pockets, he walks home.

"Ohohoho… I just saw something interesting~"

Naruto nearly trips over his two feet.

"Kids these days, so much drama~"

Naruto slowly turns his head to the source of the voice.

"My, you certainly reminded me of someone I know. A little heartbreaker at the mere age of thirteen, my, my~"

A beautiful, bodacious brown haired woman giggles amusedly at the blonde boy. This woman is, obviously, taller than the boy; her stiletto heels only make her taller. She's not your ordinary Konoha citizen and that could be seen from her attire. Unlike everyone else who's wearing casual shirts to go along with the market's atmosphere or yukata for the females, she's wearing rather revealing clothing. She wears a pair of purple hot pants, buckled with an expensive belt, her top consists of a sleeveless blouse also colored in purple, but with frills right around the edges. She wears a brown bracelet, which is made from genuine sheep leather. This charming woman truly deserves the femme fatale title. Her eye lashes are so long that she can make all men fall for her with a single wink. Her luscious lips are more than enough to make men fantasize about her and those… those… those…!

Urgh…

She giggles some more, taking several steps to approach the blonde, she then bends her knees; letting their face become inches away from each other. Instantly, Naruto catches whiff of something good. It must be her perfume. Under normal circumstances, he won't be able to stop himself for looking God's forbidden valley which is her cleavage.

"Want to come to my place?"

The boy recoils back. Not from embarrassment, but from disgust. He openly shivers, almost as if her words do nothing other than creeping him the hell out.

"NO WAY IN HELL MUTSU-OBAASAN, I'M TOO YOUNG FOR THAT!"

A vein pops upon the beautiful woman's features.

"Ararara… it seems that little Naruto-kun needs to be taught a lesson~ hmm~? No wonder his ex-girlfriend denied him."

STAB

"Uguuh!"

"My, my, my… and from the looks of it, you regretted what you did!"

SLASH

"Gah!"

"Ararara… it's hard being teenager with raging hormones now isn't it?"

Mutsu's smile of amusement never leaves her face, even when she's bottling up that anger in her. She is about to say something, but a voice disrupts her.

"Oi Naruto, you went after your… ex… girlfriend…?"

Kiba, Chouji and Shikamaru arrive just in time to see Naruto together with another girl. This time, it's a woman. A hot one. Kiba, being the first one to recover from the shock, raises a shaking hand while pointing an equally shaking finger at the woman. "N-Naruto… who's that?"

"She's just a rando-gurk!" Everyone pretend that they didn't see the elbow that hit Naruto square in the gut.

Mutsu steps forward, allowing the boys to get a clearer look at her bodacious form. With a sultry smile, she winks at them. "Nice to meet you three. My name is Mutsu and I'm one of Naruto-kun's exes." Mutsu then brazenly rests her… assets on top of the blonde's golden crown, hugging him from behind. "Ufufu~"

Kiba faints.

…

…

"…Fuck."

Interesting? I sure hope so, especially when I decided to start the story with drama. More will be revealed, but I'm guessing that you guys can already see the pattern here. If so, please try to keep it to yourself first, I don't want anyone to ruin the surprise for those who failed to see it.

Expect a lot of drama, comedy and lighthearted moments during the first few parts of the chapters; because I'm going to tell you this now, things are bound to get serious in the middle. I'm open to suggestions, but please, PM's only.