A guide to Konoha

"Hehe, well, I don't know, Temari-chan.", Naruto 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, Naruto-kun." the Sunagakure girl replied as she hung onto him, not unlike how Ino had the day these exams had started. Naruto 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 Naruto 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. Naruto took Temari to a few shops he had visited with his girlfriends on occasion and knew the shopowners wouldn't mind him being there.

Naruto 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?', Naruto thought to himself as he looked over his shoulder to see nothng unusual, though the feeling persisted. "Hey, Naruto-kun?", 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 jewlery.

Naruto looked the trinket over a bit. It wasn't anything terribly fancy or expensive, just a simple necklace with a silver locket Naruto assumed for a small picture hanging from the middle of its metal string. "Um... it looks fine, Temari-chan. But I didn't think you were the kind of girl into this kind of stuff.", Naruto 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 as Naruto sighed quietly. 'Do I even have a choice?', Naruto thought 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.

The moment the money left his hand, Temari giggled a bit. "Thank you, Naruto-kun. Now, how about helping me put it on?", she asked as she handed it to him. Shrugging a bit, Naruto 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 Naruto enough to guess correctly. 'She's doing this on purpose!', Naruto thought as he fumbled with the ends of the necklace. Finally, Naruto got it pieced together and seperated himself away from Temari before her body could do anymore stimulation to his lower half. "Th.. there you go, Temari-chan.", Naruto stammered as she turned to face him.

"My my, Naruto-kun, it sure took you a while. What, do you have shaky hands or something?", Temari grinned knowingly as Naruto laughed nervously. "Yeah sure, something like that. Anyway, it's been a few hours, you want to get something to eat?", he asked as Temari thought about it.

"Sure, I could go for something.," Temari replied with a smile. A short walk from the shops and Naruto was soon buying some dango from a stand. "So Naruto-kun, what's with you anyway?", Temari asked as Naruto handed her the food he had bought. "Huh? What you mean, Temari-chan?", Naruto asked curiously. "You know what I mean. You have the most insane stamina I have ever seen... and heard.", she whispered that last part, making Naruto blush a bit.

"You can create shadow clones, which takes more chakra then a Genin usually has and you even managed to beat an opponent that most would have a hard time fighting.", Temari added, listing her thoughts about him before grinning. "So what's your secret, Naruto-kun? You have some secret pill or something that makes you the way you are?", Temari grinned.

Naruto of course wasn't going to tell her he was the container of the nine-tailed fox Kyuubi, so he merely laughed and rubbed his neck nervously. "Oh no, nothing like that. It's just who I am.", Naruto replied. Temari sighed a bit to herself. Sure, she was having a good time, but she had somewhat of an ulterior motive for doing this with Naruto. It had all started back after he had won his match.

"Well, that was a surprise.", Kankuro said as Naruto walked from the ring, "Who would have expected him to win that one, eh?". Their Jounin sensei, Baki, seemed to be deep in thought as he watched Gaara eye the blond shinobi. "Gaara, is something wrong?", he asked, catching his brother and sisters attention. "I am interested in him." Gaara said quietly.

If you knew Gaara, then if he was interested in you, something was up, and he usually found out when he ended your life. "Gaara, we can't have you attacking him right now. If you want to know about him, I can get someone to look into him for you.", Baki said, trying to stem his students bloodlust. "I'll do it.", Temari said suddenly, catching her team off guard.

"You sure, Temari?", Baki asked as she nodded. "I have to scout the village anyway, right? If I walk around it with him ,it'll look less suspicious.", Temari reasoned as Baki thought it over. "Alright, Temari.", he finally agreed nodding. "Besides, scouting here is your objective. Find out this Naruto Uzuamki's secret. If Gaara's interested in him, it has to be important!".

Temari shook her head as Naruto tried to get her attention. "Temari-chan, you okay? You kind of spaced out on me there.", he said worriedly as she grinned. "Yeah, I was just thinking of something.", she said before they heard a voice behind them ."Well well, look who we have here.". The sound of that particular voice made Naruto freeze as he turned around to see one Anko Mitarashi standing there with a grin.

"How cute! Blondie's 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. "You're that crazy exam lady!", Naruto yelled as she seemed to get angry. "I'm not crazy! ... Well... not entirely at least.", Anko commented, making both Naruto and Temari nervous. "So anyways, I saw your match. Nice going beating that Sound guy, who's your sensei anyway?", she asked, taking another bite.

"It's Kurenai-sensei.", Naruto replied, making Anko's eyes widen and almost **** on her food. "What!? You're on Kurenai's team?!", Anko almost yelled, making Naruto nod. "Oh crap! If she finds out I threw a Kunai at you, she'll kill me!", Anko exclaimed, making Naruto look at her. "You and sensei 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 you to have an accident before the finals when you went to tell her.". Anko, saying so, made Naruto nod vigorusly, not wanting to provoke the stange Jounin's wrath again.

"Good! Well, see ya around, maybe sooner than you think.", Anko grinned as she walked off. "That was... unusual.", Temari stated making, Naruto nod. "Hey, Naruto-kun? 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 as Naruto thought it over. "Well, we could go watch the sun fall from the Hokage monument.", Naruto suggested, making Temair grin and grab him. "Perfect!", she exclaimed as she dragged him all the way there.

And thus, Naruto found himself sitting on top of the best known landmark of the Hidden Leaf village, with Temari hanging onto his arm. 'I have to find out something, I can't just go back and say I failed... but if I do, then I might get another chance to do this.', Temari thought as she nodded to herself. She had to get something out of Naruto, even if it was as small as his training schedule.

Naruto however was thinking to himself as well. He was enjoying his time with the Suna kunoichi, 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. "Naruto-kun?", Temari cooed, making Naruto look at her. "I had a wonderful time today.", she said, making Naruto smirk. "Me too, Temari-chan.", Naruto said as she shifted a bit to face him.

"You know Naruto-kun, at first I was just a bit curious.", Temari said with a grin like the one she had given him when they met in the medward. "But now I'm more certain then ever there's something special about you.", she said as she leaned in closer, making Naruto sweat nervously. "Um... nope, nothing special here.", he said as he patted his chest awkwardly. Temaris grin never left her face. "You sure, Naruto-kun? Isn't there something you can tell me... or do I need to ask another way?", she said in a low whisper as she was an inch from Naruto at this moment.

Naruto had to make a decision and fast.