a walk around town

"Hehe, well, I don't know, Temari", John said, rubbing the back of his neck a bit. "I guess I could take you to some of the local sights.", Naruto thought out loud, making Temari grin.

"Sounds like fun," temari replied as she hung onto him, not unlike how Ino had the day these exams had started. he silently wondered to himself if all girls were this clingy or only the ones he knew. Either way, Naruto found himself escorting Temari though the streets of Konoha.

Temari seemed generally interested in the places he took her. He had started off taking her to the shopping streets. He couldn't understand what it was about girls and shopping to be honest, but he figured if it did the job like it did with his girlfriends, then it wouldn't be too much trouble. he took Temari to a few shops he had visited with his girlfriends on occasion and knew the shop owners wouldn't mind him being there.

John took his time, letting Temari stop and look at whatever peaked her interest at the moment. Though Naruto couldn't help but feel a bit uneasy about something, like he was being watched the whole time he was with Temari.

'Maybe my girlfriends finally caught up?', John thought to himself as he looked over his shoulder to see nothing unusual, though the feeling persisted. "Hey,{fn|?", Temari called, getting his attention back to her as she showed him something from the cart they were standing in front of. "How does this look?", she asked as she held a small piece of jewelry.

he looked the trinket over a bit. It wasn't anything terribly fancy or expensive, just a simple necklace with a silver locket he assumed for a small picture hanging from the middle of its metal string. "Um... it looks fine, Temari. But I thought you weren't the kind of girl into this kind of stuff.", John said in a truly surprised tone. Her somewhat tomboyish behavior didn't indicate such after all.

"Normally, I'm not. But then again, it's sometimes nice to have something to remember stuff by.". She grinned. "So, how about it? Will you buy it for me?", Temari asked in an overly sweet way

"of course?', John said as he pulled a few bills from his pocket. He knew well enough by now that, when a girl uses that particular line in that way, you better do whatever she asks or face the consequences.

"man you are whipped" the shop owner said

"it's better to just buy it then to get on her bad side" John told the shop owner. the shop owner just laughed

The moment the money left his hand, Temari giggled a bit. "Thank you, John Now, how about helping me put it on?", she asked as she handed it to him. Shrugging a bit, John got behind Temari as he started to try to put the necklace on. 'Try' being the key word, because as soon as he was close enough, Temari started to wiggle her hips discreetly against him.

Her grin on her face was telling him enough to guess correctly. 'She's doing this on purpose!', he thought as he fumbled with the ends of the necklace. Finally, John got it pieced together and kissed Temari on her cheek.

"there you go, Temari.", he said as she turned to face him.

"My my, John, it sure took you a while. What took you so long?", Temari grinned knowingly

"you want to get something to eat?", John asked as Temari

"Sure, I could go for something.," Temari replied with a smile. A short walk from the shops and John was soon buying some dango from a stand. before he handed her the food he had bought they heard a voice behind them ."Well well, look who we have here.". The sound of that particular voice made Johnfreeze as he turned around to see one Anko Mitarashi standing there with a grin.

"How cute! John on date and with the daughter of the Kazekage too, You have more balls than I thought.", Anko said as she bit off one of her dango.

"Hello Anko."John said

"So I saw your match. Nice going beating that Sasuke, who's your sensei anyway?", she asked, taking another bite.

"It's Kurenai.", John replied, making Anko's eyes widen and almost choke on her food.

"What!? You're on Kurenai's team?!", Anko almost yelled,

making John nod. "Oh crap! If she finds out I threw a Kunai in your direction, she'll kill me!", Anko exclaimed,

John looked at her. "You and Kurenai are friends?", he questioned, unsure if Kurenai would really hang with such a strange woman.

"Yep, we go back a long ways.", Anko smirked before saying sweetly, "Could we keep this between us? I don't want her to hind out.". Anko said so, John nod "Good! Well, see ya around, maybe sooner than you think.", Anko grinned as she walked off.

"That was... unusual.", Temari stated making, John nod. "Hey,John? Not that this isn't fun and all, but is there somewhere we can go to be alone? I want to enjoy our time without being interrupted like that.", Temari said

"Well, we could go watch the sun fall from the Hokage monument.", he suggested, making Temair grin and grab him.

"Perfect!", she exclaimed as she dragged him all the way there.

And thus, they found themself sitting on top of the best known landmark of the Hidden Leaf village, with Temari hanging onto John arm. John was thinking to himself. He was enjoying his time with the Temari but his mind kept wandering to the exams. To how he would beat Neji for hurting Hinata and how he was still feeling that nagging in the back of his head as if he was being watched. "John", Temari cooed, making him look at her. "I had a wonderful time today.", she said, making John smirk.

"Me too, Temari." he said as Temari pressed into him.

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Meanwhile, a trio of aggravated young girls rushed through the streets of Konoha. From the looks of it, they were looking for something. Or someone. "Crap, if we had Hinata with us now, this would be a lot easier!", the brunette cursed. She looked the most upset of the three.Her friends, while also joining in her quest, were somewhat concerned about the chinese-styled girl and her injuries. "Uh, Tenten, are you really sure you should be running around like that again?", the blonde asked while pointing to the bandaged hand of her friend.

But the girl was adamant in her resolve. "It's not a matter of what I should be doing, but what I have to be doing as Naruto girlfriend!", she exclaimed while clutching her other hand dramatically. Little flames erupted in her eyes as her spirit went ablaze.

"Eh?", the pinkhead said, stumped by the fiery resolve of her friend.

So, Tenten elaborated. "I have to go after him and save him from the clutches of that sand-witch, no matter what! Isn't that right?", she asked her friends as she turned around to them. By now, her entire body was enveloped in the flames of her fiery resolution!

Ino and Sakura looked at each other. Tenten sounded so very unusually energetic. Had her team finally rubbed off on her? But, thinking about it, she had a point. "Yeah... Yeah! You're absolutely right, Tenten", they agreed with her.

Psyching themselves up, the trio got fired up quickly. "It's our duty to stop this evil woman from doing as she pleases!", Tenten yelled and the two other girls cheered in with

However, in the end... the trio never found either Temari or John...