"I wanted to thank you for rescuing my sister from herself," Sagi smiled at him. A ghostly smile. How creepy. "I entrusted her with the future of Tori no Kuni by giving her my watch, but Toki became obsessed with her intense desire for revenge. For her heart, it was as if time had stopped, and as a mere soul, I was not able to change it."
"But you did what I could not. You restarted her time, pushing her forward into the present. I cannot thank you enough for what you have done."
"Ugh... you can thank me by letting me sleep in peace," Naruto rolled over and tried to ignore the creepy ghost floating above him. It was just a dream, just a dream. It was just a dream. Come on, Naruto. Keep on saying it and maybe it will become true.
"Very well. Fair well, Naruto, and thank you."
"Whatever."
As the strange pressure from the ghostly apparition left him, Naruto decided to just pretend this whole thing had never happened. Maybe now he could get back to sleep.
The sliding of his shoji screen doors disabused him of that notion.
"Naruto? Are you awake?"
"Nggg..." Naruto groaned as he rolled back over onto his back and looked over to see who had disturbed him this time. Damn these interruptions. Couldn't they see he wanted to sleep?
Well, at least it wasn't a ghost.
"Toki?" Naruto pushed himself into a sitting position as he looked at the woman slowly walking further into his room. "What are you..." he yawned. "... doing here so late at night? Is something wrong?"
"No," Toki smiled as she sat down on the bed, causing the mattress to shift to accommodate her slight weight. "Nothing is wrong. I just never got the chance to thank you for all you've done for me."
"Eh?" Naruto scratched the back of his head, confusion evident on her face. "I'm pretty sure you did thank me, didn't you? Right after I knocked Hoki on his ass."
"Maybe, but I wanted to thank you properly."
"Properly? What do you –"
Naruto could not say anymore, for his mouth was hampered by another mouth.
His eyes widened as Toki kissed him. He opened his mouth, whether to protest her actions or for some other reason would never be knowing, mainly because Toki used that opportunity to slip her tongue inside his oral cavity.
The blond was quickly pushed back down onto the bed, Toki straddling as her kiss turned feverish. Her hands slipped under his shirt and began messaging his muscled pectorals and wash board stomach in greater and greater sweeps. Her actions sent a chill down Naruto's spine.
Perhaps it was because his higher functions had shut down, or maybe it had something to do with the incredible taste of her lips, but Naruto soon began returning the kiss with equal passion.
Their tongues danced and dueled. Naruto's hands gripped Toki's lithe waist and pulled her to him. The above him moaned at his actions and began kissing him even harder.
And then she began grinding herself against him.
Naruto's brain rebooted.
With a gasp of shock, Naruto pushed Toki's lips off him, then quickly slipped out from underneath her. He scrambled off the bed, his bare feet touching the cool Tatami flooring as he tried to regain his breathing.
"Naruto?" Toki looked at him in concern and a little bit of hurt. "What's wrong?"
"What's wrong? What's wrong!?" Naruto shouted, causing Toki to flinch. "This. What we were just doing is... it's wrong. You just... and we just... you can't..."
Naruto's mind was a whirlwind of emotion and turmoil. He had flirted with girl's before, Tenten and Temari being the two who received the most of his time. But even than, it had only been light flirting between friends. Nothing more, nothing less. He had never done anything like this before, he couldn't.
"I'm sorry," Naruto quickly turned around and dashed out of the door, heedless of the fact that he was wearing nothing but a pair of orange boxers.
"Wait! Naruto!"
Naruto ran down corridor after corridor until he managed to slip through one of the secret passages that led outside. Once there, he found a tree to place his hand against as he tried to regain his breath.
'Naruto...'
'Don't,' Naruto's voice sounded out in warning. 'Please don't say anything, Kyuubi. I want to be alone right now.'
Kyuubi remained silent after that, leaving Naruto to face the inner turmoil of his feelings alone.
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"I gotta admit, brat, I'm pretty impressed that you managed to solve this little problem on your own," Jiraiya said as he and Naruto stood a few meters from the crowd that had gathered for the official coronation of Toki. It looked like the entirety of the country had come to see Toki become the official Daimyo. Naruto could not even begin to count the number of people that were there, standing just outside of the veranda where Toki would make her appearance. "Usually, only Jonin can do solo missions, even if this one wasn't as dangerous as some."
"Yeah, well, what can I say," Naruto said with a small grin. "I'm just awesome like that."
"Hmph, don't get too cocky brat. You've got a long way to go before you can begin taking on solo A-rank missions like a jonin can."
"Whatever."
"Hmm. Look alive brat, it's starting."
Naruto looked over just as the sound of a drum began beating. The door to the chamber where Toki was waiting opened, revealing the woman in all her splendor.
Toki had taken to wearing a very elaborate Kimono made from several layers. The kimono was a solid pink, and was being held up by a very ornate blue obi with gold edgings. Underneath the kimono were several layers of clothing in blue, gold, green and white in that order. Over her kimono she was wearing a white susokiri with red lining the inner edge and gold lining the sleeves. On top of her head was a beautifully crafted gold crown that, while small and seemingly not as grand as, say, the Fire Daimyo's crown, was impressive in it's own right. Naruto could not help but think she looked magnificent in her ceremonial dress.
"Oooohh~" a blush spread across Jiraiya's face as he caught sight of the beautiful woman before him. He then began to drool. "If I had known what a babe Toki was, I would have come around much sooner – OOF!" Jiraiya winced and held his stomach. "Dammit, brat! What was that for?"
Naruto removed his elbow from where it had hit Jiraiya in the gut, not even bothering to take his eyes off Toki.
"Perv on her even from a distance and I will castrate you with a rusty spork."
"Ugh, your no fun." When Naruto raised his elbow again, Jiraiya back off and held his hands up in a gesture of surrender. "Alright, alright. I won't admire such a fine example of feminine beauty, but only because my cute little apprentice doesn't want me staring at his crush."
From across the field, Naruto's and Toki's eyes met. Unable to hold her gaze, Naruto looked away and turned a glare on Jiraiya.
"I don't have a crush on her," he snapped, perhaps a little more harshly than he should. "It's called having some decency! You don't perv on a Daimyo, ero-sennin."
"Fine, whatever you say, kid." Jiraiya hiked up the large scroll he was carrying around and turned to leave. "Come on, we should head out soon. I want to get out of here before nightfall."
Naruto sighed, sparing one last look at Toki, before spinning on his heels to follow Jiraiya.
After walking for several minutes in silence, Jiraiya sighed, sounding resigned as he turned his head to look at Naruto.
"Hey brat."
"What do you want, perv?"
A tic mark formed on Jiraiya's head, but he ignored the insult. What he had to say was important.
"I needed to tell you something," he hesitated, causing Naruto to look at him. "It's about your family."
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