"Hinata what's wrong?" Sakura asked concerned she might have hurt Hinata.
"Sakura your arm." Hinata said as she saw the red glow Sakura's arm was giving off. The glow seemed to be spreading throughout Sakura's chakra system.
Sakura blinked and lifted her sleeve to see that the rings on her arm were slightly glowing.
"What are those?" Hinata asked as she appeared next to Sakura.
"These are because of Naruto," Sakura said as Hinata poked the red and orange rings. "I got them after we...had sex. Naruto bit into my neck, he said Kurama told him to."
Hinata again gasped, but this time for a different reason.
"WHAT! She had sex with Naruto-kun. But...but I wanted to be his first. Well if I can't be his first, I will definately be his second." Hinata thought as she shot Sakura a jealous look.
Hinata decided to get back to the topic on hand.
"Well it seems that those rings have given you some of the kyuubi's chakra." Hinata said as she again activated her Byakugan. She saw that the red chakra in Sakura's system was slowly starting to retreat back into the rings.
Sakura went wide eyed when she heard this. So that's why she wasn't tired, and everything seemed to be moving in slow motion. It was because she had some of Kurama's chakra in her. Sakura had to let Tsunade know right away.
"Hinata we have to let Tsunade-sama know about this." Sakura said as she took of back towards the village with Hinata in tow.
Naruto trudged aimlessly through the village streets with nowhere to go. He was officially bored out his mind. But luck shined upon Naruto, because he spotted Tenten walking out of a weapon shop just in front of him.
"Hmm might as well ask her." Naruto thought as he ran to catch up to the weapon mistress.
"Hey Tenten!" Naruto called out as he ran towards her.
Tenten quickly spun around and grinned when she saw Naruto.
"Hey you knucklehead." She said genuinely happy to see Naruto.
"How have you been, Tenten?"
"Ah, I've been alright. I've been training with Lee and Neji a lot lately. Also I've been visiting Gai-sensei at the hospital." Tenten said with a sad smile.
"How is he doing?" Naruto said sadly as he thought of Gai.
"Oh he's doing well, still spouting nonsense about his 'flames of youth' never being extinguished," Tenten said with a sigh, but she was smiling. "I can tell he's disappointed that he can't be a shinobi anymore, but he's making the best of it. Plus Lee is with him all the time trying to cheer him up."
"Well that's Bushy Brows for you." Naruto said with a smile.
"Yeah, yeah it is," Tenten said as she looked into Naruto's piercing blue eyes, her brown eyes met his blue ones. She blushed slightly and looked away. "I...I uh never thanked you for bringing Neji back and for saving Gai-sensei."
"You don't have to thank me Tenten-chan." Naruto said with his usual grin.
Tenten blushed even more when she heard him add the -chan to her name.
"Yes I do Naruto. If I had lost Neji and Gai-sensei, I don't know what I would have done." Tenten said as she fought back tears. She wouldn't cry especially in front of a Naruto. She was a tough woman, and she wouldn't look weak in front of him.
Naruto saw this and he scowled a little.
"Tenten just because you want to cry doesn't make you weak. Even the strongest woman needs to let out her emotions sometimes." Naruto said as he placed a hand on Tenten's shoulder.
Tenten listened to Naruto's words, and they made sense to her. She let a few stray tears streak down her face, but she quickly wiped them away. Naruto may be right, but she didn't like to cry in front of others.
"Thanks Naruto, I needed that." Tenten said as she looked up at him and smiled.
"No problem Tenten, that's what friends are for." Naruto said with a smile.
"Yeah friends." Tenten said sadly.
Seeing this Naruto decided to go for it.
"Hey Tenten would you like to go out sometime?"
"What, like a date?" Tenten asked surprised by his sudden request.
"Yeah I'm free tomorrow. Maybe we could spar then hang out afterwards."
Tenten thought for a moment. True a part of her still liked Neji, but she knew that relationship likely wasn't going anywhere. Plus she had always had this silent admiration for Naruto, it had started after he defeated Neji in the chunnin exams. He was one of the few guys who truly caught her attention. She decided to throw caution to the wind, and just go with it.
"Sure thing Naruto, pick me up around 6 p.m. tomorrow." Tenten said with a big smile.
"Alright it's a date. I'll see you tomorrow Tenten-chan." Naruto said as he took of down the street.
Tenten watched Naruto run of, and a dreamy sigh escaped her lips. She knew tomorrow was gonna be amazing.
Naruto now sat in Ichiraku for dinner waiting for his order to be prepared. He was a little disappointed that Ayame wasn't there, but Teuchi told him that she hadn't been feeling well lately. Naruto just sighed, he missed talking with his neechan. He had briefly considered a relationship with her, but she was his sister in all but blood. It would have been weird dating her.
As Naruto sat there he thought of the exhausting day he had. The entire day had been a fucking emotional roller coaster. He had no idea what he was gonna do after he ate. He hadn't seen Sakura or Hinata all day, and Konan and Ryuuzetsu were both out on short missions. Naruto sighed as Teuchi placed his bowl in front of him. Teuchi wanted to talk to the boy, but he looked like he needed to be alone right now.
Naruto was just about to start eating when he heard the flaps to the stand be pushed aside. He was gonna ignore whoever entered, but he was surprised to hear the person speak to him.