Ino

Naruto is a little conflicted what to do. Ultimately, he decides to head after Ino. Sakura seemed scary and he knows her well enough by now to avoid her. But Ino is almost like her, yet he is curious about her. They never talked much if at all and they are bound to work together soon enough.

So, he walks in the direction Ino headed off and eventually, he finds her, sitting in the yard, leaning against a tree and looking at the sky, lost in thought.

"Hey...", he calls out to her, getting her attention.

Inos head snaps up and turns his direction. Naruto sees that she is looking rather dark now, somehow a little troubled even, but she hides it as she replies. "What do you want?", but even those words come out rather rudely.

"Well, I thought since we're teammates now, we should try and get along. Well, I'm Naruto. I hope we can get along..."

Ino doesn't answer right away, but instead narrows her eyes and stares at him with and intense glare, as if trying to see right through him. This makes Naruto of course very uncomfortable, but just before he loses his nerves and runs away, Ino grins.

"A-ha!", she simply exclaims and puffs her chest with pride.

"Huh? 'A-ha' what?", Naruto asks, perplexed.

Again, there's this sharp stare of Ino, but now, she is also wearing a sly smile. "You're trying to get good with me, aren't you?", she tells him with outmost confidence. Seemingly Ino never thinks she is wrong.

But before Naruto can even try to convince her that this is not the truth, she speaks again. "Well, can't blame ya, I know I'm a lot sexier than forehead girl, but sorry, my heart already belongs to Sasuke-kun..", Ino rejects his 'interest'.

Naruto feels an impending headache. True, Inos pride in her beauty is backed up well enough, but seeing as she is an unrelenting Sasuke-fangirl is making him concerned about teaming up with her. In the worst case, he'll have to listen to Sakura and her raving about Sasuke non-stop, all the time.

But fortunately he recalls why he even sought her out in the first place. "Ah, I just wanted to ask you if you want to eat lunch with me...", he asks her before an uncomfortable silence can get between them,

Ino looks him up and down again. "Well, okay, but don't get any funny ideas...", she reminds him.

So, they take out their lunches and start eating slowly, neither of them saying anything. "Say, Ino-chan, you were looking rather, um, gloomy before I came... is everything alright?", he asks, curious and concerned at the same time.

Ino very nearly chokes on her lunch as Naruto adds the -chan to her name. Who does he think he is? Angered, Ino decides to let it slip because he is such a blockhead, but deep down, she is actually glad he cared to ask, so she answers his question.

"Well... my father was in a team together with the dad of Shikamaru and the dad of Chouji, so he said it would be a blast if the second generation would get together as a team too. Seems like that's not happening now.", she says with a heavy sigh.

Then, after another heavy sigh, she adds "Plus, I'm stuck together with pinky and Sasuke-kun is on another team...".

Now it is Narutos turn to sigh. Will she ever stop? "Say Ino-chan, what is it with Sasuke that you find so attractive?", he asks her out of sheer irritation about her infatuation with the Uchiha.

Now, Ino is in her element. "Well, he's dreamy and very handsome. He's so cool too and mysterious.", she swoons over Sasuke.

"Yeah, but he ignores you and Sakura-chan and any girl completely...", counters Naruto.

"Oh, he's just shy. Once I get under his shell, I'll make him change, you'll see...", Ino responds with a girlish giggle.

Naruto resists the urge to roll his eyes. "And what are you gonna do with him if you 'get' him?", he inquires again.

"Well... you know, what people do... hugging, kissing each other, stuff like that...", Ino says with a shrug

Naruto chuckles a bit at how naive Ino is about that whole thing. He chuckles once again when he gets a tricky little idea. "Say, did you know that Sasuke once told me he only likes experienced girls?", he asks her, trying to sound serious.

"Really?", Ino asks, skeptical about Narutos claim.

"Yeah, he said to me that all those young girls in class who have no idea of anything are not what he is looking for...", he makes up the story on the fly.

And Ino takes the bait, hook, line and sinker. She grows a bit pale and that is enough confirmation for Naruto that she is, in fact, completely innocent. "Oh no... what should I do?", she wonders, panicking slightly.

Now, Naruto has his golden chance. "Well, I could help you... after all, we're teammates now, right?"

Ino first looks at him, up and down, and then left and right to check if there really is no one around. Finally, she sighs. "Alright, guess I have ****. BUT! If you tell anyone, and I mean ANYONE, about this, Naruto, you're as good as dead, you hear me?"

In his mind, Naruto jumps up and down with joy. He had just won over the arguably sexiest girl in his year to let him 'teach' her. "Sure thing, Ino-chan...", he agrees.

Ino, by now, is red in the face like a tomato. "Well, okay then... I wanted to give my first kiss to Sasuke-kun, but if it's for his sake, it's gonna be worth it.", she says and closes her eyes.

Taking the cue, Naruto leans in and his hand cup Inos cheeks. Ino takes a sharp intake of air at this unexpected touch, but before she can back out of this, Naruto has already gently pressed his lips onto hers.

Naruto feels Inos hot breath on his skin and it excites him and Ino must be feeling similarly. Apparently the thought of Sasuke motivates her greatly, as soon she kisses him back.

But, then Naruto gets a bit bolder and his hand travels downwards and cups Inos breast through her clothing. A split-second later, Naruto is on his back, a glowing red handprint on his cheek. "DON'T YOU DARE!", hisses Ino.

"Ahahaha, sorry Ino-chan, guess I got carried away...", he tries to laugh it off.

Ino huffs and says "Well, lunch break is over... we should head back and meet our sensei...". With that, she gets up and starts to leave, but before she does, she turns around one last time. "Remember, no word to anyone!", she reminds him and leaves.

Naruto grins to himself. Sure, Ino will take some time to get used to the idea, but if he can convince her to gradually do more and more training, they will surely get along great. With that in mind, Naruto gets up as well and follows Ino, curious now about what their sensei will be like...