Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Crazy Little Thing Called Love ❯ Fanning the Flames ( Chapter 4 )

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Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Fanning the Flames

 

 

Naruto was relieved that his problem went away after some walking, but for the rest of the day whenever he even so much as thought about how touching Ino felt it came right back with a vengeance, causing him no small amount of discomfort, especially when it was in public and he thought someone could see. This was something that had never happened, not even thinking about Sakura ever got this out of him, and it was really bugging him.

 

Sex Education used to be an important subject in the Ninja Academy, with many would be Shinobi and Kunoichi not only learning the basics, but more important lessons for its application in their career as Ninja. Seduction arts, sexual assault defense (and offense!), and the like were all taught and for certain cases emphasized upon, however after a lot of politics, short-sightedness, and bureaucracy, those classes were relegated to Kunoichi along with many other non-combat related arts.

 

The stigma that came with “Kunoichi Classes” thus saw male and female students alike abandoning it and a growing ignorance amongst them in the non-combat arts. While this emphasis on combat made those who refused Kunoichi Classes—to the delight of a certain one armed man on the council—more efficient fighters at a younger age, in some extreme cases it left a sense of total sexual ignorance despite their age and antics.

 

See one Naruto Uzumaki.

 

“Yo.” Sasuke called to Naruto when the boy arrived right on time. When he saw him sans his goggles and looking rather haggard, however, concern moved to the front of his mind. “What happened to you?”

 

He ignored the question for the moment as he handed Sasuke the notes he collected. “Hey Sasuke, I got the information you wanted.”

 

Looking at the notes, Sasuke quickly catalogued the information. Complete success! With this he was certain to make up for lost ground, now back to Naruto. “Alright, now what exactly happened to you? Your goggles are gone and you look tense.”

 

“Yeah, I smashed them over at Ino's.” Naruto replied. “I can always get another pair later, so that's not what's bothering me.”

 

Sasuke closed the notepad and sat down in front of a tree stump, as Naruto sat down on another side of it. “So what happened?”

 

“Well…”

 

Naruto went into lengthy exposition, not leaving out any detail about his encounter with Ino or the things he went through afterward. Sasuke listened patiently to the other boy's plight, and became quickly aware of what the problem was. It bothered him a little that Naruto was so ignorant about sex, especially given that stupid jutsu of his. But more importantly, it gave him insight on what was going through Ino's mind, and a plan.

 

For the first time he had someone other than Iruka to talk to. This was liberating for Naruto, and with Sasuke's open ears and vows of confidentiality everything just came out with ease, even the stuff that he had thought would be a little weird to say to anyone, much less his formal rival turned friend.

 

“It's been doing that all day! I don't get why, and why it always does it when I think about Ino!”

 

“Huh…” Sasuke crossed his arms behind the back of his head and leaned back against the tree stump. “Well if you're worried about it, don't be.”

 

Naruto looked over. “Why?”

 

“Because it's completely normal, Ino is an attractive girl, right? So of course your body's going to do that, mine does the same whenever I think about Hinata.” Sasuke answered.

 

Okay, now it was interesting. “So it's…normal?”

 

“It's just your body reacting to pleasurable stimulus, arousal in other words. It's how your body gets ready to have sex.” He explained.

 

Naruto blinked. “What's sex?”

 

Sasuke stared at Naruto with his mouth hanging open. “You don't know what sex is? You, the user of the most perverted jutsu in the world, do not know what sex is?”

 

“Well I know it has to do with naked girls, and that perverts really want to do it. I figure that's why my Sexy Jutsu works so well on them. Does it have to do with nosebleeds and fainting?”

 

Shaking his head repeatedly, Sasuke let out a sigh of resignation. “Hold on, Naruto. Let me explain it to you, okay? You see, sex is basically…”

 

And so Sasuke gave a very clinical explanation of sex and its mechanics to the boy. He intentionally avoided the emotional and physically pleasurable aspects of the act, recalling from his private lessons in Kunoichi Class to make it as boringly informative and absolutely terrifying for Naruto as possible.

 

Terrifying indeed, for when he was finished Naruto was as pale as a sheet at the implications of those awful words. “S-so you mean the guys who I used my Sexy Jutsu on…they wanted to…to do that…with me?”

 

“Yeah, the reason they reacted like that was because they wanted to have sex with you in that form.” He answered bluntly.

 

“Oh gross!” Naruto stuck out his tongue in revulsion. “I'm never using that Jutsu again, ever! That sounds so nasty, sticking your thing inside of a girl and shooting that sperm stuff inside. Even if it is to make babies why the Hell would anyone want to do something like that?”

 

A smirk played across Sasuke's lips, oh if he only knew how easily he could be manipulated. Of course if he also knew what he stood to gain from it, he'd probably gladly let Sasuke lead him around.

 

“Well, it feels good.”

 

“You're kidding me!” Naruto exclaimed. “That feels good?”

 

“I'm not, it has to feel good or else nobody would do it. I mean, Ino probably wanted to do it with you for all we know.” Sasuke went on.

 

At that, Naruto blushed brightly and sure enough he felt his loins stir again. “Damn it! I still don't believe you, it just sounds too weird.”

 

“Well, if you want you could always ask Ino.” There, the hand was now played. “She took those Kunoichi Classes so they teach all about those kinds of things.”

 

That didn't help Naruto's comfort, but damn if it didn't sound like a good idea! “Ask Ino, huh? I'll do it!”

 

Sasuke nodded and got up. “Well, good luck to you on that. I've got somewhere to go, going to get a gift for Hinata.”

 

Grinning ear to ear at that, Naruto got up as well and nodded. “Good luck then, Sasuke.”

 

“Thanks to you, I won't need any.” With that Sasuke held up his fist for Naruto.

 

The other boy stared at it briefly, before realization dawned on him. His grin only growing broader he tapped his own fist against Sasuke's, if there was any confirmation of friendship between the two of them then this was it!

 

“I know you can do it, go get her!” He cheered for the Uchiha as he turned and left with a smile on his face. Feeling his own confidence surge from witnessing Sasuke's own, Naruto turned and flickered off back towards town.

 

 

The flower shop was closed and Ino had finished locking up and sealing the greenhouse door when Naruto had appeared, landing at the bottom of a convenient nearby tree. Turning to him, she felt her heartbeat begin to speed up and a small shiver run up her spine.

 

“Hey Ino, can I talk to you?”

 

All day long, from the moment Naruto left Ino had been thinking about him, mentally going over every detail she had touched during their spill. His arms, his shoulders, his chest, and his sides, it was all the same to her, absolutely perfect. But what grabbed her the most was when she felt him against her, despite the barriers between them she had felt him against her most sacred place, brushing perfectly along the core of her arousal and leaving her almost soaked as he pulled away.

 

For that brief flash of a moment, she felt a compelling desire to just embrace him right there, to feel his hard body fully pressed against hers. Her resistance won out, which allowed her to push him off, but after that she had entertained “what-ifs”, each one weakening that resistance as she imagined the possibilities.

 

Now that he was in front of her, she felt weak in the knees. “What do you want, Naruto?”

 

Her usual harshness long gone, she looked like almost timid in his presence, almost like Hinata. Unaware of the implication, Naruto looked around embarrassedly. “I uh, wanted to ask you about more girl stuff. Well, not girl stuff exactly but I thought you'd maybe know.”

 

Naruto felt as awkward, Sasuke was right about Ino being pretty. Maybe not as much as Sakura, but she was a real looker, easily the second prettiest in class just after her rival. The tightness in his pants returned, but he was a bit more discreet this time in hiding it.

 

“Huh? What do you mean now, Naruto?” She asked him as she watched his face redden.

 

“Well…I was wondering about sex. I was talking to my friend, you know the one who likes Hinata, and he told me all of these things about what sex is and stuff. I thought it was really weird and stuff, but then he told me that people did it because it felt good. What I want to know is if he's telling the truth.”

 

Ino seemed as surprised as Sasuke was when she realized what he was saying. “Wait, what? What are you asking me, Naruto?”

 

“Do you know what sex feels like? Does it feel good?”

 

This was all so surreal now. She had only just begun fantasizing about him, and here he was asking her about those sorts of things?

 

“Damn it, why couldn't Sasuke be so convenient?” Shrugging it off, she reminded herself that she had been spending all day thinking about Naruto and wanting to touch him again. Why should she be so angry about Sasuke when someone who had the potential to be just as good, if not better was right here?

 

If Naruto had any insight on Ino's thought processes, he'd have been grinning like an idiot.

 

“Okay…you said your friend told you about sex right?” She asked.

 

Naruto sighed, was she even listening to him? “Yeah, I told you that. He said that sex was when a guy stuck his penis into a girl's vagina until he put his sperm inside her to make her pregnant.”

 

“I'll assume you're paraphrasing.”

 

“Para-what?”

 

“Nothing, did he tell you anything more than that?” Ino was a little exasperated and remembering that Naruto wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed didn't help things.

 

Another sigh left him. “I told you, when I asked him why anybody would do that, he said because it felt good. I really don't get how, sounds like it's pretty painful you know?”

 

Ino's blush brightened and she looked away from Naruto. “Well, uh…I've never done it, but I know it…um…doesn't. Well, at first it kind of does for the girl, but then it feels really, really good.”

 

Naruto became even more curious now. “How do you know?”

 

Taking a deep breath, Ino looked around suspiciously before stepping closer to Naruto and whispering to him. “Have you…um…ever masturbated?”

 

“Master-what?”

 

That was a big no right there. Ino was now completely thrown for a loop. Naruto was completely innocent of this sort of thing, even with the Sexy Jutsu, how did that even make sense? At the same time however, it presented something unique to Ino. Here was a boy she was becoming hot for, approaching her for help on something so intimate. This was an opportunity to get her a cute guy for a boyfriend!

 

Red up to the tips of her ears, Ino stepped closer to Naruto and took his hand. “If y-you want me to show you then come with me.”

 

A jolt of…something…ran through Naruto the moment their hands touched. Feeling hers encircle his, he looked down at their hands and then back up at the flustered girl before reddening himself. “Um…o-okay…”

 

With a nervous smile, Ino turned and led Naruto off to someplace quiet.

 

 

“Onee-sama, you have a visitor.”

 

Hinata opened her eyes and looked up at her younger sister, who stood atop the surface of the Hyuga Compound's hot spring. Blinking, she stood up in the hip deep water and picked up a towel. “Who is it?”

 

A small smile played on the younger sister's lips. “It's a boy, but I'm not sure if it's the one you like or the one who likes you.”

 

Hinata nearly fell back in, after having pulled herself onto the calm surface of the spring. For the last week, she had been the victim of all manner of cheap jokes from her own family members, while they were noble, secretive, and reserved there was no shortage of humor within the Hyuga Clan.

 

“Hanabi!” She growled at the prodigy's amused giggle before leaving the spring.

 

Dried and dressed in a light kimono, Hinata ran a towel through her short hair as she padded along her way to the gate. Sasuke was standing there, under the watchful eyes of Neji, who stood atop the wall silently. In his hands he carried a simple cardboard box with holes in it.

 

She blushed in embarrassment, for all she knew the rest of the clan was now watching. “Hello Uchiha-san.”

 

Sasuke bowed. “Hello Hyuga-san.”

 

“C-can I help you with something?” She asked, her curiosity bringing her attention to the box.

 

Sasuke bowed again, deeply this time. He was being very formal this time around, which was nice. “I wanted to apologize to you for forcing myself on you before, with that kiss.”

 

Hinata's blush brightened considerably. He really had no reason to put it like that, it sounded like he…like he…! No, there were enough jokes from the rest of them about that. With a deep breath, she nodded.

 

“Apology accepted, Uchiha-san…” Maybe if she were just polite, he'd stop.

 

Not so, with the next words from his mouth. “I also wanted to ask you out to dinner.”

 

She didn't want to have anything to do with Sasuke. It wasn't because he was a bad person or anything like that kiss-theft notwithstanding, she liked Naruto and that's what was important, her heart was set on that boy. She just couldn't turn around and go on a date with someone else, could she?

 

On the other hand however, the offer was tempting. For all of her pursuit of him, Naruto never really noticed her, as so many have said before. It was nice to be paid attention to even if it wasn't exactly from the person she wanted it from. Indecisiveness set in, with the girl growing shifty eyed as she tried to form a polite answer but stopped when she couldn't decide on `yes' or `no'.

 

“I…” She tapped her fingers together. “Um…”

 

“Mew!”

 

Frozen by the sound, Hinata thawed immediately and looked to its source, the box in Sasuke's hands. Smiling a little, he held up the box. “Here, it's something I got for you. I hope you like it.”

 

The box mewed again, and Hinata's eyes grew wide. Gingerly she lifted the lid and gasped at its contents. It was a kitten, a small black kitten with an indigo ribbon that matched her hair and sapphire colored eyes. Her hands coming up to her mouth, the Hyuga heiress could not contain the “Aww” that escaped her lips.

 

“She's a Ninja Cat.” He said as she reached down to pet it, the kitten affectionately nuzzling her hand. “She's only four months old but she's already well trained. I haven't given her a name, since she's yours now.”

 

This was incredible, she had no clue how Sasuke could've guessed about her affection for cats, but whatever the case this one was so adorable! With careful hands she picked up the cat and pulled it close, unable to resist petting it as it rubbed up against her bosom through her kimono.

 

“I…I can't accept this…” She got out half-heartedly. “It-it's too nice of you t-to just…”

 

“I insist.” He replied. “I got her just for you.”

 

Hinata felt a stab of guilt; she couldn't turn down such a perfect gift just like that. Even worse she couldn't just turn around and decline his offer for a date. Besides, it was only dinner right? A meal, nothing to get too worked up over, if all went well she could hopefully convince him that she wasn't the girl for him.

 

“All right, I-I will have dinner with you.” She said in her quietest voice.

 

Sasuke very nearly beamed at her response. This struck the girl, never had she seen him smile like this, she couldn't recall seeing him smile before period. When she noticed the blush on his face, hers only intensified and she quickly diverted her gaze to the side nervously.

 

“Thank you.” Both said at the same time, hesitantly. “Uh…y-you're welcome.”

 

Letting out a small laugh, Sasuke bowed again to Hinata. “You won't regret this, I promise. Thank you again, Hyuga-san.”

 

“H-Hinata, you can call me Hinata, if that's okay with you.”

 

Sasuke nodded back. “Then you can call me Sasuke.”

 

“O-okay.”

 

“In two days, I'll see you then?”

 

Hinata nodded slowly, now unconsciously scratching the purring kitten behind the ear. With a final bow, Sasuke bid her a good evening then took off into the night a blur. Numb, she turned and walked away from the gate and back inside the house. Once inside, she found Hanabi waiting.

 

“So what did you talk about?” The inquisitive girl asked before seeing the kitten, she let out a small squeal. “Oh how adorable! Where did you get it?”

 

“S-Sasuke gave her to me.” Older sister murmured to the younger.

 

“Aw, she's just perfect! Does she have a name?”

 

“N-no…I'm going to give her one though, but I haven't decided…”

 

Looking at the cat closely, Hanabi smiled a bit and gazed back up to her sister's face. “Did he ask you out on another date?”

 

“N-not a date it's only dinner!” Hinata quickly clarified.

 

It was all the confirmation Hanabi needed. “Oh! He did ask you out on a date, he asked you out! He asked you out!”

 

“It's only dinner!” Hinata snapped uncharacteristically at her sister, who quickly shied back from her angry toned voice. “He asked me to dinner and I accepted! It's only one meal, nothing else! It is not a date at all!”

 

Never had Hinata been so forceful in Hanabi's short life, she almost seemed like a different person as she defended herself from her sister's ribbing. “W-wow…Onee-sama.”

 

Taking a few breaths to calm down, Hinata looked down at the cat and sighed before walking past Hanabi. “I'm sorry, Hanabi-chan…I just lost my temper…”

 

She was embarrassed by her outburst, putting the cat atop her head she left in the direction of the hot spring. “I'm going to get back into the bath and try to relax before bed. Good night.”

 

It was just dinner and nothing else; it was the least she could do. Sighing, she looked up as the kitten licked her forehead. “It is kind of nice that he knew what I liked…”

 

As Hinata exited the room and earshot, Hiashi joined Hanabi's side with his arms crossed. “Perhaps the Uchiha boy's attention will be good for her.” He said.

 

“You think so?” Hanabi asked.

 

“Yes, he's forcing her out of her shell. That was the first time I ever heard her raise her voice in anger.”

 

“Y-yeah, mine too. She can be scary when she's angry.”

 

Hiashi chuckled at that. “Just like your mother.”

 

In the hot spring, Hinata stared at the Ninja Cat as it sat on the surface of the water, cleaning its paws. Sinking into the water to her chin, she sighed at the adorable little thing.

 

“Thanks to you I'm never going to stop blushing, am I?” She asked the kitten, it replied with a meow and placed its paws on her nose so it could lick her forehead again. “Aw.”

 

As the kitten climbed back onto her head and curled up, Hinata sighed and settled on a name. “Shinku, yes for the color you and that boy keep making me turn.”

 

Sinking up to her nose, Hinata sighed and blew bubbles. Why her?

 

 

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