A bowl of ramen with a friend

Naruto made his way into the village again. From what Tsunade had told him from planning he should come back in about two hours. While he was thinking on what to do his stomach growled. It wasn't much of a decision from there. He was heading to Ichiraku for some ramen.

The street Ichiraku was n was a busy as ever. People going this way and that as they moved through their day. With everything that had happened since he returned he hadn't been able to really get the feeling of home until that moment. As he headed to the small restaurant he heard someone call his name.

"Hey Naruto!" The voice called. "I heard you were back. How are you doing."

Naruto turned to see a cute blonde girl waving at him. It took him a moment to notice who it was. It had been a while since he had seen Ino Yamanaka. She was walking out of a shop with an outfit box and was making her way right to him.

"Wow Sakura was right..." she said looking him over. "You do look different. Defiantly looks like you did some growing up."

"Heh heh." Naruto laugh. "so have you Ino."

It looked for a moment like Ino blushed but kept her cool. The exchanged pleasantries and then Ino explained how she was supposed to meet Choji and Shikamaru for lunch but Choji had eaten too big of a breakfast and gotten himself sick and Shikamaru had started a game of Shogi with his father and they weren't going to be done any time soon.

"I'll have lunch with you." Naruto said. "Come on nothing says catching up with friends like a nice bowl of ramen."

Ino giggled a bit and agreed. They Made their way into Ichiraku where they both ordered the daily special. They chatted for a while about when they were young. The conversation did get a little tense when Sasuke was brought up but Nartuo was able to chainge the subject to what Ino's plans were for the rest of the day. She answered by saying she was just going out shopping and asked if he wanted to join her. Naruto agreed thinking this would be perfect for killing time until Tsunade was done with Sakura.

After Eating they made their way to a few shops. Naruto had picked up a few new outfits in his trademark orange and black colors as well as some things to spruce up his apartment a bit. Ino was more focused on her cloths shopping for herself. More than once she slipped off to a changing room without Naruto noticing. With about a half hour left before he was going to go back to Tsunade's office Ino called him over to the changing room where she was behind the curtain.

"Don't get any ideas Naruto..." He voice sounded shy. "But I need a opinion on this outfit."

With a slight sigh from Ino she opened the curtain. Naruto's jaw dropped. Ino was in a beautiful dress that brought out the plue in her eyes. The dress itself clung tight to Ino's form well. the hem of the dress was set just above her knee. Seeing Naruto's reaction she closed the curtain to hide her deep blush. By the time she was changed Naruto was gone but he had left a note saying he was summoned by the Hokage and he will see her next time.

Naruto made his way to the Hokage's office and walked in. Tsunade was working on paperwork again but Sakura was nowhere to be seen. Tsunade smiled widely as she saw him. she dug through her papers and set it on Naruto's side of the desk.

"What is this?" He asked "And where is Sakura?"

"I had to go a slight bit of a different route with the programing." Tsunade said. "Her will was strong but I was able to work around it. This is a list of trigger words I had programed as a sort of post hypnotic suggestions. you and only you can say these to activate the effect. I was able to increase her attraction to you without triggers though. Apparently you are quite the charmer because she was already attracted to you somewhat. I just helped it along the way."

Naruto read over the list of triggers quickly before folding it up an putting it into his pocket. He would have to try them out once he had the chance. It was just then that a knock came to the door and Sakura came in holding a tray with three cups of tea.

"Naruto there you are." he said happily. "Did you get lost or something going to the restroom? You were there a long time. Maybe next time you'll need an escort or something to make sure you get there in back."

There was a flirty light tone to her voice. One that Naruto had only heard when he was younger when Sakura was talking about Sauske and now she was using the tone with him. He looked back at Tsunade and they shared a grin.

"So Naruto." Tsunade said. "Do you have anything to say to my apprentice?"